Subject Code: HS7L013	Subject Name: Scientific and Technical Writing	L-T-P: 3-1-0	Credit: 4
Pre-Requisite(s): Prior exposure is not required Objective of Course: I. To share the skills and finer aspects of scientific and technical writing with the research students of the Institute so that they can prepare technical documents clearly, concisely, consistently, and effectively, following internationally accepted standards. II. The subject is about training the B.Tech/PG/PhD students on (1) the contents and organization of technical documents and (2) their styles of presentation, following the internationally accepted standards. III. Emphasis will be given to writing of research proposals, synopses, theses, papers, and responses to reviewers’ comments. Reference Books: Gerald. J. Alred, Charles. T. Brusaw, and Walter. E. Oliu, Handbook of Technical Writing, St. Martin's Press, New York, Ninth Ed., 2008 Hofmann, A. Angelika, Scientific Writing and Communication, Oxford University Press, Oxford., 2014 Leslie. C. Perelman, James. Paradis, and Edward. Barrett, The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing, Mayfield Publishing (ed.), 1998 Michael Alley, The Craft of Scientific Writing, Springer-Verlag, New York, 3rd Ed., 2009 OWL, The Purdue Online Writing Laboratory, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Riordan, D. G., Technical Communication, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi., 2005 UCLA Library, Impact Metrics and Scholarly Attribution, http://guides.library.ucla.edu. University of Chicago Press Staff (Ed.), The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 16th Ed., 2010 University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Measuring Your Impact: Impact Factor, Citation Analysis, and Other Metrics, www.researchguides,uic.edu. Wayne, C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, 3rd Ed., 2008

Subject Code: HS7L013

Subject Name: Scientific and Technical Writing

L-T-P: 3-1-0

Credit: 4

Pre-Requisite(s): Prior exposure is not required

Objective of Course:

I. To share the skills and finer aspects of scientific and technical writing with the research students of the Institute so that they can prepare technical documents clearly, concisely, consistently, and effectively, following internationally accepted standards.

II. The subject is about training the B.Tech/PG/PhD students on (1) the contents and organization of technical documents and (2) their styles of presentation, following the internationally accepted standards.

III. Emphasis will be given to writing of research proposals, synopses, theses, papers, and responses to reviewers’ comments.

Reference Books:

Gerald. J. Alred, Charles. T. Brusaw, and Walter. E. Oliu, Handbook of Technical Writing, St. Martin's Press, New York, Ninth Ed., 2008
Hofmann, A. Angelika, Scientific Writing and Communication, Oxford University Press, Oxford., 2014
Leslie. C. Perelman, James. Paradis, and Edward. Barrett, The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing, Mayfield Publishing (ed.), 1998
Michael Alley, The Craft of Scientific Writing, Springer-Verlag, New York, 3rd Ed., 2009
OWL, The Purdue Online Writing Laboratory, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Riordan, D. G., Technical Communication, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi., 2005
UCLA Library, Impact Metrics and Scholarly Attribution, http://guides.library.ucla.edu.
University of Chicago Press Staff (Ed.), The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 16th Ed., 2010
University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Measuring Your Impact: Impact Factor, Citation Analysis, and Other Metrics, www.researchguides,uic.edu.
Wayne, C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, 3rd Ed., 2008