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| Author: | FrankieM [ Wed 03-19-2008 11:33PM ] |
| Post subject: | Communications Emphasized |
What is the difference between the lab sections that are marked as communications emphasized and those that are not marked as such? This is the first semester I have seen this in the course offerings. If it matters, I am an EE looking mainly at EE classes, but I have seen it in other places too. |
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| Author: | benm [ Wed 03-19-2008 11:37PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
Hmm. Some degrees require communications emphasized/communications intensive courses - maybe the sections marked like that require more thorough writeups? |
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| Author: | Colossians3 [ Thu 03-20-2008 12:09AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
Another way of saying "introverts beware?" |
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| Author: | theshed [ Thu 03-20-2008 8:21AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
From my experience any class listed as communications emphasized or intensive means that they will be expecting you to either write a lot more, or give presentations, or both. |
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| Author: | bagvwf [ Thu 03-20-2008 12:32PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
It used to be a catalog requirement for most degrees on campus (it still may be for some) that to graduate, you need to take two "communications-intensive" courses; one in your degree program, and one outside it. It was as recent as the 2003 catalog requirement term, check some old CAPS reports and you'll see it on there. (It might STILL be on there, just nobody really talks about it.) These courses are based on a certain, rather specific writing requirement, something like 10,000 written words during the course. The "communications-emphasized" course are less intensive, and require half that (5000 or half of whatever the actual number is). So two CE courses count for a CI course--so you would need a CI in your major and a CI out of your major, or you could use two CE's in place of a CI, or something like that. Effectively, the curriculum is chosen so this requirement is relatively transparent. ME's have two big 2-hour design labs with lab reports and presentations, and those classes count as CE hours. There's also a literature requirement which lets you pick up your out-of-department CI. At Mizzou, they're much bigger sticklers about this. But then again College Algebra is a graduation requirement up there. Here it's kinda assumed you've got it either before you come in or within your first semester, or you entirely don't need it at all. mystery solved? |
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| Author: | FrankieM [ Fri 03-21-2008 9:28AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
thx |
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| Author: | calculusninja [ Wed 03-26-2008 10:51PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
bagvwf wrote: But then again College Algebra is a graduation requirement up there. *dies a little inside* Anyway, yeah, some (all?) majors require communication-focused classes to be taken. Check yer degree audit, it's probably there. |
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| Author: | FrankieM [ Thu 03-27-2008 9:18AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Communications Emphasized |
calculusninja wrote: bagvwf wrote: But then again College Algebra is a graduation requirement up there. *dies a little inside* Anyway, yeah, some (all?) majors require communication-focused classes to be taken. Check yer degree audit, it's probably there. thanks for the quality information |
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