Science Communication (Level 5) (15 credits)
The aim of this paper is to enable students to effectively communicate science ideas and concepts to both expert and non-expert audiences using both scientific and popular reporting approaches in individual and group contexts.
Content Outline:
- The structure of a scientific report
- The technical content of a scientific report
- Collaborating to communicate
- Abstract, summary, executive summary
- Non-technical writing
- Journalistic style and media reporting
- Blogging
- Writing policy
- Cultural sensitivity in writing and presentations
- The writer as entertainer
- Spoken presentations, PowerPoint and posters
- The speaker as entertainer