Basics of communication skills: Communication Process, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication, Barriers to Communication; Listening Skills, Types of Listening, Speaking Skills: Strategies for developing Speaking skills, types of speaking, effective presentation strategies; Reading Skills: Reading Techniques, Reading Comprehension; Writing Skills: Attributes of Technical Writing, benefits of technical writing, types of writing, research papers, technical reports, Job application. Engineering Ethics: applied engineering ethics and moral principles; engineer's right's responsibilities and obligations towards society, clients and his engineering profession; engineering code of ethics. 


Objectives: 

1. To increase the student's ability to improve and utilize the skills necessary to be a competent interpersonal communicator. 

2. To increase the students understanding of his or her own communication behaviour. 

3- Understand what codes of ethics are. 

4- Apply ethical problem solving methods. 

5- Know the definitions of risk and safety. 

6- Discuss the responsibilities and rights that engineers have.