CS2101 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course.

If students are required to take ES1000 Foundation Academic English, and/or ES1102/ES1103 English for Academic Purposes, they must complete those courses before taking this course.

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The course offers a unique blend of communication skills with content from  Software Engineering (CS2103T) and Software Engineering and Object-Oriented Programming (CS2113T). Throughout the course, students will engage in a safe and dynamic learning environment that encourages both independent and collaborative learning experiences. These experiences will not only deepen their understanding of effective communication skills but also empower them to bridge their disciplinary knowledge through written and spoken mediums for non-technical audiences, establishing them as adept communicators in the digital realm.
By the course's conclusion, students will have explored essential technical communication strategies and will have developed the confidence and skills needed to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences in a clear and compelling fashion.

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1. Placement through the Qualifying English Test or a pass in ES1000.

2. Only students who matriculated in AY2016/17 and onwards can take ES1103

ES1103 serves as a bridging course for students who have taken the university's Qualifying English Test and are deemed to require additional language support for the academic context. It aims to equip students with the knowledge of the academic genre and the ability to apply such knowledge in academic communication. The course adopts a reading-into-writing approach using themed readings as springboard texts for students' writing and provides opportunities for analysing and internalising ways of organising academic texts. Students will acquire essential academic skills required to cope with the rigour of academic writing at a tertiary level.

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ES2660 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course.

1. Students who are required to take ES1000 Foundation Academic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes, must pass those courses before they are allowed to read this course.
2. Only SoC students matriculated in AY2016/2017 and after, are allowed to take ES2660.

1.  Non-SoC students
2. GET1006 and GEK1901

In a context of prolific production and convenient access to content and innovation in the Information Age, how should one critically process and clearly communicate ideas to various audiences? In this course, students will learn to question and articulate their analysis of assumptions and assertions on issues facing the Information Age through processes such as identifying bias and substantiating arguments. The Ennis’ (1986, 2001) taxonomy of critical thinking dispositions will be employed to develop students’ analytical thinking skills and their ability to articulate cogent responses to arguments or to defend their own positions in both written and oral form.

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IS2101 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course.

Business and Technical Communication a customized core course for the School of Computing, aims to give its students a professional edge in the competitive and interconnected job market by preparing and enhancing their professional communication skills in IT related work settings.

This is a 48-hour course taught over 12 weeks with 2 two-hour tutorials per week.

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