Students:
- Our popular English for Science and Technology strand can accommodate the needs and interests of students just getting a start in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to advanced students, researchers, and professionals in the field.
- Many courses have multiple levels to meet student target goals, backgrounds, and proficiency
Skills:
- Scientific communication (written & oral): Present ideas, concepts, and research findings clearly in speaking and writing for academic and professional science/engineering contexts.
- Reading and analyzing scientific literature: Read and interpret peer-reviewed and contemporary research across science, engineering, and related fields. Analyze the rhetorical strategies and writing styles of scientists and engineers to strengthen one’s own writing.
- Discipline-specific writing and genres: Produce texts common to science and engineering—research reports, data commentary, case studies, summaries, descriptions, and problem–solution analyses—tailored to audience, purpose, and context.
- Data communication: Interpret, describe, and write about charts, tables, and graphics; present supporting data effectively in written and oral formats.
- Presentations and visual communication: Deliver poster presentations, formal and informal presentations, and reports for varied audiences (e.g., professors, lab assistants, research teams).
- Professional and academic discourse: Communicate actively in labs, seminars, fieldwork, and project meetings; write professional emails and other workplace communications.
- Academic language development: Build discipline-specific vocabulary and command of style, grammar, and rhetorical conventions used in science and engineering.
- Speaking delivery skills: Improve pronunciation, volume, rhythm, stress, and emphasis to enhance clarity and effectiveness in oral communication.
- Technology and AI literacy: Summarize, evaluate, and discuss the impacts, risks, benefits, and ethical dimensions of AI and emerging technologies.
- Innovation and societal context: Examine how innovation intersects with diversity, culture, ethics, global issues, and current debates affecting science and technology.
- Collaboration and professional skills: Develop teamwork, leadership, creativity, and problem-solving abilities through individual and group projects.
- Academic and career readiness: Understand graduate program expectations, admissions processes, and professional pathways in science and engineering.
Courses:
In-person
- CW 22B: Academic Speaking (2 units)
- CW 22D: Listening and Speaking (2 units)
- CW 23F: Academic and Public Speaking (3 units)
- CW 42L: Successful Job Search and Interviewing Skills (2 units)*
- CW 42N: Pronunciation (2 units)
- CW 43H: Science and Engineering English (3 units)*
- CW 161: Writing in the Biological Sciences (3 units)
Online/Asynchronous
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CW 22A: Listening and Speaking (2 units)
- CW 42L: Successful Job Search and Interviewing Skills (2 units)*
- CW 42N: Intensive English Practice: Pronunciation (2 units)*
- CW 52A: Science, Technology, Innovation, and Culture (2 units)*
- CW 52D: Social Media, Culture, Controversies (2 units)*
- CW 52E: AI, Culture, and Controversies (2 units)*
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CW 100: Writing Academic Research Papers (2 units - undergraduate level)*
CW 200: Writing Academic Research Papers (2 units - graduate level)*
* Courses are open to native and non-native speakers.