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    This document provides details about the Technical Report Writing course offered in the 5th semester of the BEE program. [1] It covers topics such as introduction to technical writing, text organization, reading techniques, and writing different types of reports like IMRD, progress, analytical, feasibility, and proposal reports. [2] The course aims to enhance language and technical writing skills. Students will learn the basics of classifying formal and informal reports. [3] It will be delivered online with videos, lecture notes, assignments, quizzes, and exams over 16 weeks.

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    This document provides details about the Technical Report Writing course offered in the 5th semester of the BEE program. [1] It covers topics such as introduction to technical writing, text organization, reading techniques, and writing different types of reports like IMRD, progress, analytical, feasibility, and proposal reports. [2] The course aims to enhance language and technical writing skills. Students will learn the basics of classifying formal and informal reports. [3] It will be delivered online with videos, lecture notes, assignments, quizzes, and exams over 16 weeks.

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    This document provides details about the Technical Report Writing course offered in the 5th semester of the BEE program. [1] It covers topics such as introduction to technical writing, text organization, reading techniques, and writing different types of reports like IMRD, progress, analytical, feasibility, and proposal reports. [2] The course aims to enhance language and technical writing skills. Students will learn the basics of classifying formal and informal reports. [3] It will be delivered online with videos, lecture notes, assignments, quizzes, and exams over 16 weeks.

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    Course Pack TRW BEEE 5th

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    This document provides details about the Technical Report Writing course offered in the 5th semester of the BEE program. [1] It covers topics such as introduction to technical writing, text organization, reading techniques, and writing different types of reports like IMRD, progress, analytical, feasibility, and proposal reports. [2] The course aims to enhance language and technical writing skills. Students will learn the basics of classifying formal and informal reports. [3] It will be delivered online with videos, lecture notes, assignments, quizzes, and exams over 16 weeks.

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    Faculty of Engineering Sciences

    Department of Electrical Engineering


    Course Title: HU-3153 : Technical Report Writing
    Credit Hours: (3 + 0)
    Program: BEE (morning)
    Semester: 5th
    Course Instructor: Engr. Zar Khitab

    i. Course content:
    Introduction to technical writing, Text organization 9Hours Wk1,2,3
    Reading techniques: skimming, scanning, Audience Recognition 6 Hours Wk4,5
    Topics IMRD report writing (Theory + Practice), Progress report writing (Theory 15 Hours Wk6,7,8
    covered in + Practice), Brief analytical and outline report writing (Theory + ,9,10,11
    the course Practice)
    and level of 6 Hours Wk11,1
    Feasibility and recommendation report writing
    coverage: 2
    Effective communication and interview skills 6 Hours Wk13,1
    4
    Proposal Writing 6 Hours Wk15,1
    6

    ii. Course objectives and learning outcomes.


    Objectives:
    To enhance language skills and to learn the basics of writing the technical reports.
    learning outcomes:
    CLO’s with Taxonomy level and Mapping to PLO
    CLO CLO Statement Domain PLO BLOOM
    CLO-1 Demonstrate knowledge of the basics of Cognitive PLO-9 C2
    technical writing and its guidelines to
    classify formal and informal reports.

    CLO-2 Apply effective reading, writing and Cognitive PLO- C3


    communication skills in writing memos, 10
    proposals, covering letter, fliers, brochures,
    newsletters, job application letter, business
    letter, feasibility reports, manual writing.

    CLO-3 Recognize the importance of ethical Affective PLO-8 A3


    communication
    iii. Weekly Lecture Logs
    WEE
    TOPICS TO BE COVERED
    K#

    Week Introduction to technical writing:


    No 1 Definition of technical writing, Technical writing deals with specific situations, enables readers
    & 2 to act, occurs within a community, is interactive, definite purposes, Format guidelines for
    technical writing.
    Text organization:
    Style of text organization, Requirement of different text structures according to varying situations, Difference
    among different text structures.
    Reading techniques: skimming, scanning:
    Methods of skimming and scanning, steps involved in skimming and scanning, uses of skimming and scanning,
    Week
    practice exercises for skimming and scanning
    No 3,
    Audience Recognition:
    4&5
    Defining Audience and their role, Determining Audience Needs, Audience Community Attitudes

    Assignment 1 & Quiz 1


    Assignment 2
    Review: Assignment 1 and Quiz 1

    IMRD report writing (Theory + Practice):


    Week Introduction, methodology, results and discussion
    No 6,
    7&8 Assignment 2 & Quiz 2
    Review: Assignment 2 and Quiz 2
    Review: Students Queries for midterm preparation
    Mid Term Exam
    Week
    No 9 Progress report writing (Theory + Practice):
    & 10 Introduction to progress report writing, Work completed, Work scheduled, Problems

    Brief analytical and outline report writing (Theory + Practice)Objective of analytical report writing,
    Week
    Background, Conclusion, Discussion, Format of outline report writing
    No 11
    Feasibility and recommendation report writing:
    & 12
    Assignment 3 & Quiz 3
    Effective communication and interview skills:
    Week
    No 13 Introduction to interviewing, how to prepare for an interview, guidelines for success, mock
    & 14 interview,
    Assignment 4 & Quiz 4
    Review: Assignment 3 and Quiz 3

    Week
    Proposal Writing: Goals of proposals, basic proposal issues, develop credibility, basic
    No 15
    guidelines, planning the internal proposal while considering the audience, how to organize
    internal proposal.
    & 16 Review: Assignment 4 and Quiz 4
    Review: Students Queries for End term preparation

    iv. Course material /Lecture notes


     Videos (desktop recordings)
     Lecture Notes/Handouts (pdf format)
     E-books (Text and Reference), tutorials
    v. Assessment and grading
    1. Quiz 10% marks
    2. Assignments 15% marks
    3. Mid Term Examination 25% marks
    3. End Term Examination 50% marks
    vi. Assignments with submissions deadlines.
    Starting from 29th September 2020.
    Vii. No. of video scripts/online lectures:
    2 lectures per week (equivalent to 03 credit hours per week) in which 1 lecture will be online
    (1.5 Hours).
    Number of video files may vary due to keeping the file size small.

    viii. Electronic resources


    NUML LMS, Zoom, Google Class Room, YouTube channel, reference videos.
    ix. Database for Quiz, Assignments and End-term Questions with answers.
    Will be maintained on LMS time-to-time
    x. Recommended Text Book(s)
    Technical Report Writing Today by Daniel G. Riordan and Steven E. Pauley, Latest Edition.

    xi. Reference Book(s) if any.

    Public speaking and technical writing skills for engineering students, second edition By Lea Nurske.

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