Faculty of Engineering Sciences

Department of Electrical Engineering

Course Title: HU-3153 : Technical Report Writing
Credit Hours: (3 + 0)
Program: BEE (morning)
Semester: 5th
Course Instructor: Engr. Zar Khitab

i. Course content:
Introduction to technical writing, Text organization 9Hours Wk1,2,3
Reading techniques: skimming, scanning, Audience Recognition 6 Hours Wk4,5
Topics IMRD report writing (Theory + Practice), Progress report writing (Theory 15 Hours Wk6,7,8
covered in + Practice), Brief analytical and outline report writing (Theory + ,9,10,11
the course Practice)
and level of 6 Hours Wk11,1
Feasibility and recommendation report writing
coverage: 2
Effective communication and interview skills 6 Hours Wk13,1
4
Proposal Writing 6 Hours Wk15,1
6

ii. Course objectives and learning outcomes.

Objectives:
To enhance language skills and to learn the basics of writing the technical reports.
learning outcomes:
CLO’s with Taxonomy level and Mapping to PLO
CLO CLO Statement Domain PLO BLOOM
CLO-1 Demonstrate knowledge of the basics of Cognitive PLO-9 C2
technical writing and its guidelines to
classify formal and informal reports.

CLO-2 Apply effective reading, writing and Cognitive PLO- C3

communication skills in writing memos, 10
proposals, covering letter, fliers, brochures,
newsletters, job application letter, business
letter, feasibility reports, manual writing.

CLO-3 Recognize the importance of ethical Affective PLO-8 A3

communication
iii. Weekly Lecture Logs
WEE
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
K#

Week Introduction to technical writing:

No 1 Definition of technical writing, Technical writing deals with specific situations, enables readers
& 2 to act, occurs within a community, is interactive, definite purposes, Format guidelines for
technical writing.
Text organization:
Style of text organization, Requirement of different text structures according to varying situations, Difference
among different text structures.
Reading techniques: skimming, scanning:
Methods of skimming and scanning, steps involved in skimming and scanning, uses of skimming and scanning,
Week
practice exercises for skimming and scanning
No 3,
Audience Recognition:
4&5
Defining Audience and their role, Determining Audience Needs, Audience Community Attitudes

Assignment 1 & Quiz 1

Assignment 2
Review: Assignment 1 and Quiz 1

IMRD report writing (Theory + Practice):

Week Introduction, methodology, results and discussion
No 6,
7&8 Assignment 2 & Quiz 2
Review: Assignment 2 and Quiz 2
Review: Students Queries for midterm preparation
Mid Term Exam
Week
No 9 Progress report writing (Theory + Practice):
& 10 Introduction to progress report writing, Work completed, Work scheduled, Problems

Brief analytical and outline report writing (Theory + Practice)Objective of analytical report writing,
Week
Background, Conclusion, Discussion, Format of outline report writing
No 11
Feasibility and recommendation report writing:
& 12
Assignment 3 & Quiz 3
Effective communication and interview skills:
Week
No 13 Introduction to interviewing, how to prepare for an interview, guidelines for success, mock
& 14 interview,
Assignment 4 & Quiz 4
Review: Assignment 3 and Quiz 3

Week
Proposal Writing: Goals of proposals, basic proposal issues, develop credibility, basic
No 15
guidelines, planning the internal proposal while considering the audience, how to organize
 internal proposal.
& 16 Review: Assignment 4 and Quiz 4
Review: Students Queries for End term preparation

iv. Course material /Lecture notes

 Videos (desktop recordings)
 Lecture Notes/Handouts (pdf format)
 E-books (Text and Reference), tutorials
v. Assessment and grading
1. Quiz 10% marks
2. Assignments 15% marks
3. Mid Term Examination 25% marks
3. End Term Examination 50% marks
vi. Assignments with submissions deadlines.
Starting from 29th September 2020.
Vii. No. of video scripts/online lectures:
2 lectures per week (equivalent to 03 credit hours per week) in which 1 lecture will be online
(1.5 Hours).
Number of video files may vary due to keeping the file size small.

viii. Electronic resources

NUML LMS, Zoom, Google Class Room, YouTube channel, reference videos.
ix. Database for Quiz, Assignments and End-term Questions with answers.
Will be maintained on LMS time-to-time
x. Recommended Text Book(s)
Technical Report Writing Today by Daniel G. Riordan and Steven E. Pauley, Latest Edition.

xi. Reference Book(s) if any.

Public speaking and technical writing skills for engineering students, second edition By Lea Nurske.