Course Description
Targeted instruction and significant practice in the communications required for careers in computer science. The curriculum covers written, oral and interpersonal communication. Students will hand in short pieces of writing each week, will make oral presentations several times in the semester, and will work together in simulated project meetings and other realistic scenarios of pair and small group interaction. This can be used to satisfy the writing requirement in CSC programs.
Course Syllabus: LEC0101(M 3pm-5pm IB140), LEC0102 (M 5pm-7pm IB335).
Announcements
All announcements will be made on Quercus
Course Staff
Instructor: Lisa Zhang
Office Hours: Weds 1pm-4pm DH3068
Email: lczhang [at] cs [dot] toronto [dot] edu
Please include "CSC290" in your subject.
Tentative Schedule
| Date | Material | Reading | Deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Sep 10 | Lecture: Introduction & Communication Theory
Tutorial: Mini-Networking
| RequiredRecommended | Blog Post (Sep 23) |
| Week 2 | Sep 17 | Lecture: Critical Thinking
Tutorial: Understanding Critical Review | Required
| Blog Post (Optional) |
| Week 3 | Sep 24 | RGASC Drop In Time for Critical Review: Sep 24 3pm-7pm, 3rd floor North Building Lecture: Project Managment and Business Analysis Tutorial: Team Charter Exercise
| Required
| Critical Review 1 (Sep 30) |
| Week 4 | Oct 1 | Lecture: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Tutorial: Group work | Required (see Quercus)
| |
Reading week, no class / tutorial | RecommendedBook Recommendations | Blog Post (Oct 14) | ||
| Week 5 | Oct 15 | Lecture: Interpersonal Communication Tutorial: Interpersonal Communication Case Studies | Required | Blog Post (Oct 21) |
| Week 6 | Oct 22 | Lecture: Presentation Skills
Tutorial: Groupwork | RequiredOptional | |
| Week 7 | Oct 29 | Lecture: Midterm Tutorial: Presentation Practice | Blog Post (Nov 4) | |
| Week 8 | Nov 5 | Lecture: Technical Writing
Tutorial: Shape Exercises | Recommended | Blog Post (Nov 11) |
| Week 9 | Nov 12 | Lecture: Code, Comments, and Code Review
Tutorial: Code Exercises
| Required
| Presentation Slides (Nov 21) |
| Week 10 | Nov 19 | Lecture: Professional Writing: Emails Tutorial: Presentations | Required Recommended | Blog Post (Nov 25) |
| Week 11 | Nov 26 | RGASC Drop In Time for Critical Review: Nov 30 10am-1pm, 3rd floor North Building Lecture: Feedback; Concluding Thoughts
Tutorial: Presentations | Recommended | Critical Review 2 (Dec 2) |
| Week 12 | Dec 3 | Lecture: Resume and Cover Letter
| Team Evaluations (Dec 4) | |
Final Examination Schedule You can find old csc290 exams here. Keep in mind that the content covered each term may be different. | ||||