Communication Skills

COURSE CURRICULUM

1.

Course title

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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Code

HM-306

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Study curriculum

All chemistry study programs

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

PMF- Skopje, Institute of chemistry

5.

Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

III/VI

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ECTS points

4

8.

Lecturer

Marina Stefova, Full Professor

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Prerequisites

None

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Course objectives (competences):
Interactive teaching should enable students to communicate effectively through reading, oral, written and visual presentations in a style appropriate to the topic, the situation and the listening/reading audience.

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Course content:
1. Introduction. Definition, role and importance of interpersonal communication. Types of information transmission: oral, written and visual. Development and use of appropriate language, vocabulary and style.
2. Communication skills for oral expression. Fundamentals of rhetoric. Effective preparation and public speaking. Body language: movements, gestures, looks, physical appearance.
3. Communication skills for written expression. Language, vocabulary and style. Drafting; revision; final version and approval.
4. Communication skills for multimedia presentations. An introduction to creating and using effective video projections.
5. Communication skills in science. A conceptual approach. Effective presentation/explanation of theories, laws and methods.
6. Communication skills in a chemistry laboratory. Effective organization, display and presentation of experimental data. Learning through demonstration, individual and group performance of laboratory experiments.
Exercises: Individual presentations and performances. Work in small groups. Mock debates. Audio-visual recordings of public performances and their analysis.

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Teaching methods: lectures, practicals, project assignment, seminar work, homework

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Total available time

120

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Time distribution

2+1 hours per week (lectures, practicals)

15.

Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

15 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects

30 hours

16.2.

Independent work

15 hours

16.3.

Homework

30 hours

17.

Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

40 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

50 points

17.3.

Activity

10 points

18.

Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Exercises attendance

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Survey

22.

Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Ivan Grozdanov

Communication skills

Internal script

2010

2

Aristotle

Rhetoric

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Zharko Kujundziski and coautors

I HAVE MY DREAM

(Anthology of the most famous speeches)

Antolog, Skopje

2010

2.

Anne M. Coghill, Lorrin R. Garson, Editors

The ACS Style Guide - Effective communication of Scientific information

Oxford University Press

2006