Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech

Communication Techniques (2500060) – Course 2025/26 PDF

Syllabus

Learning Objectives

1. Write and peer review a manuscript article or conference document. 2. Make an oral presentation of a conference or work talk. 3. Learn about professional standards for processes such as job search or academic publications. To familiarize the student with the guidelines that will help him create a well-developed academic communication. Practice communication skills. Write and review in pairs a handwritten article or a conference document and present a conference document or a work talk. Learn about professional standards for a variety of activities, such as the academic publishing process and the job search process.

Competencies

Especific

Original exercise to be carried out individually and presented and defended before a university court, consisting of a project in the field of specific Civil Engineering technologies of a professional nature in which the competences acquired in the teaching are synthesized and integrated. (End of Degree Work Module)

Generic

Scientific-technical training for the exercise of the profession of Technical Engineer of Public Works and knowledge of the functions of advice, analysis, design, calculation, project, construction, maintenance, conservation and exploitation.

Total hours of student work

Hours Percentage
Supervised Learning Large group 40.5h 90.00 %
Laboratory classes 4.5h 10.00 %
Self Study 67.5h

Teaching Methodology

The subject consists of 3-hour face-to-face lessons a week. Typically, each 3-hour session will be divided into two 1.5-hour sub-sessions, separated by a break. The first sub-session corresponds to the expository theoretical class, in which the teacher exposes the basic concepts and materials of the subject and establishes a participatory debate. The second sub-session is dedicated to the resolution of practical cases by the students. Practical exercises are carried out in order to consolidate the general and specific learning objectives. Support material is used in the form of a detailed teaching plan through the ATENEA virtual campus: content, programming of evaluation and directed learning activities, and bibliography. Although most of the sessions will be given in the language indicated, sessions supported by other occasional guest experts may be held in other languages.

Grading Rules

The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.

The grade for the subject is obtained from the continuous assessment grades. Continuous assessment consists of doing different activities, both individual and group, of an additive and formative nature, carried out during the course (inside the classroom and outside it) and participation in the debates generated in the classroom. Due to the practical nature of the subject, the evaluation will not be carried out by means of an exam, but class attendance is compulsory. The student body must carry out 3 practices, generally during class hours, with a total weight of 10% of the final grade (all of them of equal value). In addition, there are 5 evaluable activities with a weight of 20% each, with a weight of 90% in the calculation of the final grade. Two are made and presented in the classroom and three are delivered through Atenea. The weighted sum of the grades for these practices and activities is affected by a factor that quantifies class attendance. Those who do not obtain a mark of 5.0 in the continuous evaluation will have the chance to undertake a re-evaluation exam, in which the different concepts learned during the course will be assessed. In order to be able to take this exam, it will be necessary to have completed all the practices and activities that can be assessed.

Office Hours

To agree

Bibliography

Basic