BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI-Hyderabad Campus INSTRUCTION DIVISION Course Handout (Part II) First Semester

2013-2014 Date: 01/08/2013 In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No : BITS F112/TA C312 Course Title : Technical Report Writing Instructor-in-charge : Maya Vinai Instructors : Olympia Bhatt, Maya Vinai, Aruna Lolla. 1. Scope and Objective of the course: The objective of the course is to help the learners understand the process of communication; develop skills in writing technical reports and presenting them to an audience effectively. 2. Textbook: Sharma, R.C. and K. Mohan. 2011. Business Correspondence and Report Writing. Fourth Edition. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill. 3. Reference Books: i. Raman, Meenakshi and Sangeeta Sharma, 2011. Technical Communication: Principles and Practice, 2/e. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ii. Gerson, Sharon J and Steren M. Gerson. 2011.Technical Writing : Process and Product. Third Edition. India : Pearson Education Asia.

iii. Mishra, Sunita and C. Muralikrishna. 2004. Communication Skills for Engineers. Delhi: Pearson Education Pte. Ltd.
iv. Krishna Mohan and Meenakshi Raman. 2010. Advanced Communicative English. New Delhi : Tata McGraw Hill 4. Course Plan : Lec. Learning Objectives Topics to be covered No 1-2 To give an insight into the communication process Communication: Definition, Process, and its importance in day-to-day activities Importance 3 To introduce the elements of effective writing; Elements of Effective Writing what constitutes a good writing style 4 To give practical hints to make ones writing more Effective Writingeffective: choice of words, phrases, and sentences Choice of Words and Phrases To make them conscious of various aspects of Effective Writingwriting: sentence construction, sentence length and Sentence Construction and Length word order Practice To provide practice in effective writing To define technical reports and tell about their Technical Reports characteristic features To introduce various types of reports; to give Types of Reports practice to prepare routine reports To discuss various steps involved in report Preparatory Steps writing; planning and preparation: from data Ref.Chap. /Sec. No. Textbook Ch.1

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collection to outline making 12 1314 1516 1719 2021 2224 2527 2829 To discuss various sources for data collection. Sources of Data Ch. 18 Ch. 18 Ch. 18 To familiarize them with all the methods of data Methods of Data Collection collection To provide guidelines for preparing mail Mail Questionnaire questionnaire; to give adequate practice in preparing a questionnaire To give an understanding of various structural Report Structure elements of a report; to provide rigorous practice To give insight into data analysis with the help of Data Analysis & Illustrations illustrations Report writing To provide practice in writing reports To provide an understanding of shorter reports; Memo Report & Letter Report when and how to use them To make them aware of various aspects of oral Professional presentations; to provide guidelines for effective Presentation presentations

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5. Assignments: The following items to be done as class assignments: Topic i) ii) Assignment / Surprise Quiz Team Report -1 -2 Marks 40 30 ( OB)

6. Self Learning: Ch.24&25 7. Evaluation Scheme: EC No. 1 2 Component Test I Comprehensive exam Duration 60 min 3 hours Marks 50 80 Date & Time 27/9, 3.30 -- 4.30 PM 02/12 ,9.00 12.00 PM Nature CB CB

8. Chamber Consultation Hours: Will be announced in the class by the respective instructors. 9. Notices: Notices concerning the course will be displayed on Department of Languages and Humanities Notice Board.

Dr. Maya Vinai

INSTRUCTOR-IN-CHARGE