SCI 209Technical Writing and Speaking
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Fall, Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1990–91
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1984–85 to 1990–91 (before that, 1971–72 to 1983–84 used the number for Scientific Literature and Writing and Information (formerly Scientific Writing and Literature)); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Retrieving information and imparting the information you have to others; the art of speaking and writing; modern aids to producing scientific papers, reports, letters, etc,; and common errors in writing.
As printed in the 1984–85 to 1990–91 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1990–91, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1984–85 to 1990–91 7 calendars
Retrieving information and imparting the information you have to others; the art of speaking and writing; modern aids to producing scientific papers, reports, letters, etc,; and common errors in writing.
Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class, 1 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit
1977–78 to 1983–84 6 calendars
Another title: Information (formerly Scientific Writing and Literature), probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Information is considered from two points of view: (1) the information explosion and you: the nature of the scientific, technical and social sciences literature. Retrieval of information: use of libraries and computers. (2) Imparting the information you have to others: the art of speaking, and writing scientific papers, reports, letters, etc. Common errors in writing.
No prereq.
Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1971–72 to 1976–77 5 calendars
Another title: Scientific Literature and Writing, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Information search and retrieval: libraries, scientific and technical literature, abstracts, sources of data, use of computers. Patents. The art of writing: scientific papers, technical reports, letters.
No prerequisites
2 lectures or discussion sessions per week, offered in Fall and Winter terms