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- 265 Teams and the Engineering Profession. I, II, SS; 1 cr. The communication strategies necessary for effective teamwork in engineering and science professions is the focus of this project-based course. Project options include international, ethical, and engineering business plan issues. Key communication elements are team structures, interpersonal skills, team theories, application, and evaluation. P: EPD 155 or other crse that satisfies Part A Communication Requirement or EPD 160 or cons inst.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Students will have completed the Part A communication requirement set by the university
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Required reading: EPD 275 Student Handbook, written in 1999 and updated in 2005.
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Suggested reading: The Wisdom of Teams; Katzenbach, Jon R. & Smith, Douglas K. 1994, HarperBusiness.
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Project Management & Teamwork; Smith, Karl A. 2000, McGraw-Hill.
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The Team Memory Jogger; GOAL/QPC-Joiner
- Course objectives
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Students will be able to understand and apply concepts of:
team process,
interpersonal communications and groups,
conflict resolution,
time management,
goal setting, and
communication.
- Topics covered
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Key components of this class include:
team structures and roles;
leadership skills;
group facilitation and conflict resolution;
interpersonal skills and personality styles;
research and analysis of team theories;
application of team concepts to real-world issues;
and evaluation of the team process.
- Class/laboratory schedule
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, but does not provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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The course focuses on group dynamics and interpersonal communication skills as students work to complete a real-world team project. Students become aware of how communications styles differ and how individuals assume different roles within a team. Project options permit students to work on issues affecting campus and/or community, expose them to engineering projects in the context of social, political, and economic realities of project sponsors.
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.
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This course counts toward the 24-credit Certificate in Technical Communication. The certificate helps to meet industry and government agencies’ demands for engineers who are skilled communicators.
The course supports program objectives by providing an education in principles and processes for communicating in multidisciplinary professional teams.
The course provides students with real-world experiences by encouraging the teams to solve real problems when they choose their projects.
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Students are graded on their participation in both the process and the product of their teamwork and as individuals and team members. Grades are based upon a series of progress reports contained in weekly memos, interim reports and presentations, and a final project report and presentation.
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Each week students send the instructors a progress report relating the material in the texts and class discussions to their observations about the team process and product.
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Written reports: Students document their work by preparing and submitting a team charter, a project plan, progress reports, a final project, and a reflective memo summarizing their team experiences.
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Presentations: Students present their ideas for projects to the class. They receive credit for participating in a team presentation of the project plan and progress report. The entire team is graded for its work on the final project. The projects' customers are encouraged to attend the final presentations.
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