MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP 2016

IAP 2016 Subjects: Writing and Humanistic Studies


21W.794
Graduate Technical Writing Workshop
Pamela Siska, Steven Strang
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions <b>(series)</b>
Prereq: 
Level: G 3 units Standard A - F Grading   

Designed to improve the student's ability to communicate technical information. Covers the basics of working with sources, including summarizing and paraphrasing, synthesizing source materials, citing, quoting, and avoiding plagiarism. Also covers how to write an abstract and a literature review. Limited to graduate engineering students based on results of the Graduate Writing Exam. Permission of instructor
21W.794 is reserved for students who are required by their departments to take the class based on their performance on the Graduate Writing Exam administered in summer 2015. No one else may take this class.

You must attend all three meetings. Register for 3 units of credit. Grading is A-F but you may elect to use the graduate p/d/f option. No rescheduling is possible. NO LISTENERS.
Contact: Pamela Siska, E39-115D, x3-3090, pjsiska@MIT.EDU


Pamela Siska, Steven Strang
This section is for Mechanical Engineering Students or others who need this time.
Tue Jan 12, 19, 26, 10am-01:00pm, E17-133


Pamela Siska, Steven Strang
This section is for Aero-Astro students, Chemical Engineering students, or others who need this time.
Tue Jan 12, 19, 26, 02-05:00pm, E17-133


Pamela Siska, Steven Strang
This section is for Civil/Environmental Engineering students, Media Studies students, Nuclear Engineering students or others who need this time.
Thu Jan 14, 21, 28, 10am-01:00pm, E17-133


Pamela Siska, Steven Strang
This section is for Supply Chain Management students, TPP-ESD students or others who need this time.
Thu Jan 14, 21, 28, 02-05:00pm, E17-133

21W.S60
Special Subject: Writing
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Theory and Practice
Jane Abbott Connor, Jesse DeLaughter
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 30 participants.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions <b>(series)</b>
Prereq: 
Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit   

Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.
It is a rare job or class that does not require working with others. Today's engineers, designers, programmers and architects need to be experts in the skills of their trade, but they also need the skills to work with others to get things done. As work becomes increasingly global in nature, this means communicating effectively with people from across many cultures, identifying and overcoming sources of tension, and creatively combining the strengths that individual team members bring to the table. In this course, participants will:

-Gain knowledge of cultural factors that may influence group and individual work dynamics
-Understand typical stages of group development
-Gain tools for effective communication
-Assess their own areas of strength and weakness and identify areas of growth to work on during the program
-Explore various paradigms of leadership and analyze them through different cultural lenses
-Gain significant experience working in teams

Students should register on WebSIS and contact instructor to sign up for one of the three sessions. MIT student enrollment in each session limited to 10. 20 students from Singapore University of Technology and Design will also participate in each session. Students must attend all six classes in a session to receive credit. Limited sessions are open to listeners; please email ahead of time if interested.
Contact: Jane Connor, jconnor@mit.edu

Session One
Jane Abbott Connor, Jesse DeLaughter
Tue, Thu, Jan 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 08-09:30am, 54-915

Session Two
Jane Abbott Connor, Jesse DeLaughter
Tue, Thu, Jan 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 10-11:30am, 54-915

Session Three
Jane Abbott Connor, Jesse DeLaughter
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20, 09-10:30am, 54-915