The Communication Factor
Newsletter of the Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication at Rice University Spring - 2004

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New Course: Leadership Communication ENGI/NSCI 309

Leadership Communication is a one-credit course taught in two parts. Each part lasts five weeks and involves 7 hours of classroom instruction. Part 1 focuses on leadership writing; part 2 on leadership speaking. Each part must be taken in a separate semester. Both parts must be completed to earn the credit hour.

The course teaches writers and speakers how to explain ideas in the context of values for audiences with a variety of vested interests. The topics of the course include organizational and persuasive strategies as well as stylistic and delivery techniques.
Students will draw on projects in their course work or extracurricular activities in selecting topics for major assignments in writing or presentations. Students will also develop a statement of career and life goals and practice explaining these as qualifications for a leadership role during the course.

A final presentation and written report involving a campus leadership project or activity will be required to complete the course and obtain a notation about leadership communication qualifications on the transcript.

ENGI/NSCI 309 will be taught by Cain Project instructors Linda Driskill and Tracy Volz. It will be offered for the first time in spring 2004.

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