Course Title: Technical English

Course Code: ENG 210

Program: Computer Science and Information Technology

Department: Computer Science and Information.

College: College of Science in Zulfi

Institution: Majmaah University

 Table of Contents
A. Course Identification .................................................................................................... 3
6. Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply) ............................................................................... 3
B. Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes ............................................................... 3
1. Course Description ................................................................................................................. 3
2. Course Main Objective............................................................................................................ 3
3. Course Learning Outcomes ..................................................................................................... 4
C. Course Content ............................................................................................................. 4
D. Teaching and Assessment ............................................................................................ 5
1. Alignment of Course Learning Outcomes with Teaching Strategies and Assessment
Methods ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Assessment Tasks for Students ............................................................................................... 5
E. Student Academic Counseling and Support .............................................................. 5
F. Learning Resources and Facilities............................................................................... 6
1.Learning Resources .................................................................................................................. 6
2. Facilities Required................................................................................................................... 6
G. Course Quality Evaluation .......................................................................................... 6
H. Specification Approval Data ....................................................................................... 7

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 A. Course Identification

1. Credit hours: 2 Credit Hours

2. Course type
a. University College Department ▀ Others
b. Required ▀ Elective
3. Level/year at which this course is offered: 3 rd Level
4. Pre-requisites for this course (if any):
PENG121

5. Co-requisites for this course (if any):

N/A

6. Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply)

No Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Percentage
1 Traditional classroom 36 60 %
2 Blended 6 10 %
3 E-learning
4 Distance learning
5 Other 18 30 %

7. Contact Hours (based on academic semester)

No Activity Contact Hours
1 Lecture 30
2 Laboratory/Studio
3 Tutorial
4 Others (specify)
Total 30

B. Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

1. Course Description
The current course includes topics that reflect the latest developments in information
technology, making them immediately relevant to students' needs.

2. Course Main Objective

The purpose of this course is to enable the student to:
1.Enable computer science students to acquire technical and professional communication
skills.
2.Developing students’ understanding and use of language in spoken and written
communication.
3.Use appropriate language in professional writings; making appropriate grammatical and
lexical choices; writing effectively with a focus on content, form and language.
4.Engage in both individual and group work to write a professional resume and business
letters.

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 5.Write a perfect technical proposal workplace and make technical oral presentations.
6.Achieve and conduct effective workplace interviews

3. Course Learning Outcomes

Aligned
CLOs
PLOs
1 Knowledge and Understanding
1.1 Recognize and Describe the meaning of technical abbreviations, terms,
and expressions.
2 Skills :
2.1 Familiarity with new Software products terminology
2.2 Familiarity with new Hardware components specifications.
2.3 Safe and Precise use of new available commercial software and of new
educational computer systems.
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3 Values:
3.1 cooperative working in groups inside the class, or/and efficient
participation in take-home-assignments.
3.2 free discussions save the students' time and allow them to feel "involved"
in the discussion, rather than simply being outside spectators.

C. Course Content
Contact
No List of Topics
Hours
Unit One:
1 Working in the IT Industry: Meeting people. Jobs in IT. Schedules. 4
Abbreviations. Business matters.
Unit Two:
2 Computer Systems: Computer Hardware. Computer Software. Working 4
with computers. Computer Usage. Business matters
Unit Three:
3 Websites: Website Purpose. Types of Website. Website analytics. Website 4
development (step-bystep). The best websites. Business matters.
Unit Four:
4 Databases: Database Basics. Database Processing. Data Storage and 4
Backup. Database System Benefits. Business matters.
Unit Five:
5 Databases: Database Basics. Database Processing. Data Storage and 4
Backup. Database System Benefits. Business matters.
Unit Six:
6 Network Systems: Types of Networks. Networking Hardware. History of 4
Networking. Network Range and Speed. Business matters.
Unit Seven:
7 IT Support: Fault Diagnosis. Software Repair. Hardware Repair. 4
Customer Services. Business matters.

Total

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 D. Teaching and Assessment
1. Alignment of Course Learning Outcomes with Teaching Strategies and Assessment
Methods
Code Course Learning Outcomes Teaching Strategies Assessment Methods
1.0 Knowledge and Understanding
Developing basic - Quizzes, - Web
communicative ability search, - Graded
Recognize and Describe the meaning
through: - Lecturing, - homework, - Class
1.1 of technical abbreviations, terms, and
Team work, - Oral Participation, -
expressions.
Discussion, Home Midterm and Final
Assignments Exams
2.0 Skills
Familiarity with new Software  Lectures
products terminology Exercises
 Class Participation
demonstrations
 Essay Question
2.1 Case studies
Presentation
Individual
 Research
Presentations
 Brainstorming
3.0 Values
 Lectures
Exercises
- Class Participation
cooperative working in groups inside demonstrations
 Essay Question
3.1 the class, or/and efficient participation Case studies
Presentation
in take-home-assignments Individual
 Research
Presentations
 Brainstorming
 Lectures
Exercises
free discussions save the students' time demonstrations -Class Participation
and allow them to feel "involved" in  Essay Question
3.2 Case studies
the discussion, rather than simply Presentation
Individual
being outside spectators  Research
Presentations
 Brainstorming
…
2. Assessment Tasks for Students
Percentage of Total
# Assessment task* Week Due Assessment Score
Class Activities: Homework assignments, Oral Weekly 30 %
1 discussions, Class participation in solving problems,
Quizzes
2 First Written Exam 6 15 %
3 Second Written Exam 12 15 %
4 Final Exam 16 40 %
*Assessment task (i.e., written test, oral test, oral presentation, group project, essay, etc.)

E. Student Academic Counseling and Support

Arrangements for availability of faculty and teaching staff for individual student
consultations and academic advice :

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 1. 6-office hours per week in the lecturer schedule.
2. The contact with students by e-mail, mobile, office telephone and website.

F. Learning Resources and Facilities

1.Learning Resources
 Maja Olejniczak; “English for Information Technology”; Pearson
Required Textbooks
Longman; 2012
1.Norma D. Mullen; “English for Computer Science”; revised updated
Edition ; Oxford University press; March 1988; ISBN-10:
Essential References
0194376559;ISBN-13: 978-0194376556. 2.Iris Eisenbach; “English
Materials
for Materials Science and Engineering”; Vieweg and Teubner; 2011;
Print ISBN 978-3-8348-0957-5; Online ISBN 978-3-8348-9955-2.

Electronic Materials  Lectures as videos.

Other Learning
A CD is available with the Text Book.
Materials

2. Facilities Required
Item Resources
Accommodation Classrooms
(Classrooms, laboratories, demonstration Computer s
rooms/labs, etc.) Library
Technology Resources
(AV, data show, Smart Board, software, Smart Board
etc.)
Other Resources
(Specify, e.g. if specific laboratory
None
equipment is required, list requirements or
attach a list)

G. Course Quality Evaluation

Evaluation
Evaluators Evaluation Methods
Areas/Issues
Other Strategies for
Evaluation of Teaching by the Department Direct
Program
Processes for Improvement of
Department Indirect
Teaching
Processes for Verifying
Standards of Student Instructor Direct
Achievement
Describe the planning
arrangements for periodically Instructor Indirect
reviewing course

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 Evaluation
Evaluators Evaluation Methods
Areas/Issues
effectiveness and planning for
improvement

Evaluation areas (e.g., Effectiveness of teaching and assessment, Extent of achievement of course learning
outcomes, Quality of learning resources, etc.)
Evaluators (Students, Faculty, Program Leaders, Peer Reviewer, Others (specify)
Assessment Methods (Direct, Indirect)

H. Specification Approval Data

Council / Committee
Reference No.
Date