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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

This course focuses on the oral communication skills engineering graduate students need to be successful. Topics include presentation organization and delivery (stance, gestures, volume, energy, articulation, and pronunciation), audience analysis, visual aids, nonverbal behavior, self-introductions in the form of various elevator pitches, answering questions at conferences, and small talk for networking purposes. The majority of the class time is devoted to communication practice.