ENGR 100W Engineering Reports on the Earth and Environment www engr sjsu edu tanagnos ENGR100W Dr Thalia Anagnos Professor of General Engineering Class time MW 10 30 11 45 AM W 12 1 15 PM Email thalia anagnos sjsu edu Fall 2010 Sec 7 44955 and Sec 8 44963 ENGR 100W is required of all College of Engineering students in all College of Engineering majors including Aviation and Technology This is an SJSU Studies course that satisfies Area Z Written Communication II and Area R the Earth and Environment Students should note that Courses to meet Areas R S and V of SJSU Studies must be taken from three different departments or distinct academic units SJSU Studies formerly Advanced GE This course will help students become integrated thinkers who can see connections between and among a variety of concepts and ideas An educated person will be able to apply concepts and foundations learned in one area to other areas as part of a lifelong learning process These courses will help students to live and work intelligently responsibly and cooperatively in a multicultural society and to develop abilities to address complex issues and problem using disciplined and analytical skills and creative techniques Structure Each class has 2 5 hours of lecture and lab over two separate days with your instructor All sections of ENGR 100W meet together on Wednesdays at noon 12 00 1 15 for the Environmental Speaker Series These are held in ENG 189 the Engineering auditorium Attendance is mandatory questions will be posed on the content of the speaker s presentation in the writing assignment during each week s lab Prerequisites Undergraduates must have successfully completed English 1A 1B earned at least a C grade and the WST Exam or 96S with a C or better before enrolling in 100W Office Hours Monday 1 00 PM 2 00 PM Wednesday 2 00 PM 3 00 PM 408 924 3861 Thursday 9 00 AM 10 00 AM 3 00 PM 4 00 PM Also by appointment ENG 169 Required Reading One environmental science text and one technical writing text Wright R T Nebel B J 2008 Environmental Science Toward A Sustainable Future 10th ed Prentice Hall Markel Michael 2008 2010 Technical Communication 8th or 9th edition Beford St Martin s 9th ed available on iBooks for 45 1 Research articles environmental readings and exemplary writing examples will be distributed APA format will be taught in class Although covered in the textbook and through class handouts students may also wish to purchase the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5th edition This is available in paperback and only recommended Course Description To be a successful engineer one must have strong communication skills both in writing and in speaking The aim of this course is to combine two distinct areas of study technical writing and environmental impacts As a result students will be better prepared for their professional careers to integrate and apply complex skills The goal of this course is to understand the effects of environmental factors both natural and induced as they relate to products systems and processes while integrating technical communication skills The communication aspects of this course provide regular writing assignments practice in editing and company focused oral presentations Engineers in industry must document findings share results build support and acquire funding This course will build technical writing that is direct convincing and accurate As a result students will be able to write and speak not only more effectively but also more easily and confidently allowing them to critically evaluate their work The content will focus on our earth and environment What is the difference between science and pseudoscience How is the practice of engineering grounded in and conditioned by our earth and environment How do the products of engineering impact our earth and environment How do engineers affect life forms other than humans What are engineers doing to improve our environment What careers are available in these fields The perspectives of professionalism and ethics are also important Our Wednesday Environmental Speaker Series provides the substance for many of the in class writings and discussions Practicing engineers biologists government regulators and life scientists from industry deliver up to date briefings on how engineers deal with environmental issues Wednesday speakers give a rare peek at how different industries and researchers are actually dealing with day to day environmental issues Industry speakers share research methodologies for environmental and career issues FIRST WEDNESDAY SPEAKER September 8 Workload Assignments will include both in class and out of class writing Students will write a minimum total of 11 000 words approximately 44 pages throughout the semester providing the opportunity for frequent practice and feedback Class size is limited to 30 students Diversity Upon successful completion of the course requirements the student will demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to age gender ethnocultural disability and other individual unique differences as they relate to engineering and workplace communications 2 PLAGIARISM What is Plagiarism Plagiarism is using others ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information Sometimes it is tempting to copy other people s ideas from the Internet textbooks magazines lectures or even from other student papers incorporating them into our own writing As a result it is very important that we give credit If we don t give credit we are taking these words and passing them off as our own This is plagiarism which comes from a Latin word meaning a kidnapper or thief How Can You Avoid Plagiarism To avoid plagiarism you must give credit whenever you Use someone else s direct words use quotation marks around exact words that you are quoting and give source at end of quotation marks For SJSU students to thrive in the highly competitive global economy it is critical to develop international perspectives and knowledge Wei 2010 The full reference will be in the back of the report using APA format Use someone else s ideas in your words that are not common knowledge Calypto Design Systems Inc recently announced PowerPro that automatically adds clockgarthering logic to RTL code San Jose Mercury News 2009 Note this is not the exact words so there are no quotation marks The full reference will be in the back of the report using APA format Use specific statistics graphs drawings that are not yours