Course Description

a) Obtaining information and cooperation
- planning of time and work
- finding sources, and checking their reliability

b) The language and the communication process
- the communication situation and definition of objectives
- target-group analysis
- structure, style, graphical and linguistic methods
- types of factual literature
- analysis of logic and relevancy

c) Written presentation
- the writing process
- structural principals and the organisation of material
- rules of writing, choice of terms and sentence construction
- logical presentation and analysis
- instruction and description
- business letters and applications
- debate contributions
- populisation

d) Oral presentation
- instruction and description
- presentations
- use of visualisation and other tools

Assessment Methods

Written submissions/tests 40% and written final examination 60%. Individual grade.
Final examiniation has to be passed to obtain a final grade.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean