12-796 Special Topics: Communication for Research Engineers

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Communication proficiency is one of the most important results of a good PhD experience and it is valued equally in academia and in industry. The content covers most of the communication tasks PhDs are expected to do, such as writing a journal paper, presenting a paper at a conference, preparing a research proposal, creating a poster and writing a thesis. There will also be interactive workshops on creating figures, simplifying the message, nonverbal communication and aspects related to writing clear and unambiguous text in English. Finally, there will be a part on publication ethics. Please note that this course is useful for all research staff whether or not they are native English speakers.

Prerequisites: none listed

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