Categorization Details
Course Code:
BHS -176
Credit Hours:
3(2-0-2)
Category:
Core
Pre-requisite:
Nil
Semester:
1
Degree Program:
B.TECH
Branch:
Civil Engineering Course Details
Catalog Description:
An advanced course meant to expose students of Science and Technology to English used in scientific texts, Expansion of non-terminological scientific vocabulary, sentence correction and improvement, report writing official and technical correspondence and study of scientific and general texts.
Detailed Syllabus:
Technical Writing: The nature of Technical writing; Technical style vs. general style (brevity versus diffuseness, clarity versus ambiguity, Objectivity versus subjectivity, simplicity versus pomposity, utility versus pleasurability), Writing Process (pre-writing, drafting, rewriting and editing). Exercises in grammatical pre-requisites (Case of Nouns and Pronouns, Agreement of verb and its subject, Tense and mood, Adjectives and adverbs, Pronouns with antecedents, Voice) Development of a suitable style. Effect of diction on style, effect of sentence - structure on style, effect of paragraphs on style, manuscript form, numbers, abbreviations, hyphenation of compound terms, decimal system of numbering headings, Equations, documentation, exercises in sentence correction (Fragmented sentences, Parallel/nonparallel sentences, illogical comparisons, dangling constructions, squinting constructions, split infinitives, specific information, pompous style, deadwood.
Reference Books:
N.A