This course offers students an opportunity to broaden their
horizons in technical and non-technical fields outside their own
discipline. Students attend a variety of seminars
from departments across campus. The majority of these must be outside their home
department with a maximum of four from any one department. To provide a writing/communications
component, students will submit a memo report describing each seminar attended. Types of presentations that could be used to satisfy the requirements
of this course include formal presentations on- or off-campus, research colloquiums,
thesis defenses, etc.
ECE students may count one credit of EE301 as a professional elective.
Course Requirements
- There are no formal (scheduled) class meetings.
- Students must attend at least 12 seminars or presentations during the semester.
- You don't necessarily have to attend one per week but it would be a good idea to do so.
- You may attend no more than four seminars from any one department or organization.
- You may attend no more that two performing arts presentations (music recitals, dances, plays, etc.)
- Seminars and presentations must be at least 50 minutes long and be informative in some sense (not necessarily technical).
- Typical on-campus presentations include:
- Research colloquia
- Thesis defense presentations
- Invited speakers
- Brown bag seminars
- You may attend pre-approved off-campus meetings and seminars.
Pre-approval is granted for professional meetings, such as IEEE branch meetings and
local government meetings (city and county commission, planning board etc.)
Political candidate forums organized by non-political organizations (such as League of
Women Voters, etc.) may be acceptable but must be pre-approved.
E-mail Dr. Dickensheets to gain approval for presentations
you would like to attend.
- Report Requirements:
- A memo report is due no later than three school days following the presentation.
(For style consult this resource:
http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/)
- The memo report is to include at least the following information:
Presenter, type of talk or presentation, date/time/location, title of
presentation, presentation summary in your own words, identification of any connections
to your home discipline, what you learned from the presentation.
- Grading: Course final grade is pass/fail. A passing grade requires that 12
memo reports adhering to the report requirements and for approved seminars are
received by the instructor. Memos must be submitted within three days of
the presentation. Memo reports
should be submitted by email to Dr. Dickensheets .
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