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<title>Oral and General Presentation Skills in the Engineering Sciences</title>
<cid>E2581</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P200-0019</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>ei</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>1</hours>
<type>V</type>
<hours>1</hours>
<type>U</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>2</cp>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory>no</mandatory>
<language>German</language>
<exam>Seminar presentation</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>E2581</cid>
<branch>Electrical Engineering and Information Technology</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>MAB.4.2.1.31</cid>
<branch>Mechanical and Process Engineering</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>MAB_19_4.2.1.41</cid>
<branch>Mechanical and Process Engineering</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>MAM.2.1.1.19</cid>
<branch>Engineering and Management</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 60 hours (equivalent to 2 ECTS credits).There are therefore 37.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Studienleitung</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>stl</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Studienleitung</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>stl</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of rhetoric and presentation for technical professions and will be individually coached with regard to their verbal and non-verbal communication.

The course is very practice and training-oriented. It offers a mixture of lectures, individual and team work and targeted individual training.

After successfully completing this course, students will have deepened, consolidated and expanded the following skills:
- Finding/strengthening their own style of communication
- Structuring and coordinating information
- Developing/strengthening their own rhetorical skills
- Assessing communication partners and situations
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Using presentation techniques effectively</objectives>
<content>1. Principles of rhetoric and presentation
2. Planning a presentation (organization/check list)
3. Content concept (order/structuring information)
4. Rhetorical practice (stylistic devices/argumentation strategies)
5. Visualization concept (working with media, designing slides)
6. Procedure (structure, phase structure)
7. Individual training (promotion of verbal and non-verbal communication)
8. Dealing with disruptions (dealing with disruptions and conflicts)</content>
<media>Blackboard, overhead projector, projector, exercises and training units (with video recording)</media>
<literature>Fey, Heinrich: Sicher und überzeugend präsentieren, Walhalla, 1996
Lackner T.: Die Schule des Sprechens. Rhetorik und Kommunikationstraining. Öbv &amp; Hpt, 2000.
Schulz von Thun F., Ruppel J., Stratmann R.: Miteinander reden. Kommunikationspsychologie für Führungskräfte. Rowohlt 2003.</literature>
<offered>
</offered>
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