About APC
This unit is concerned with the teaching of the Academic and Professional Communication modules to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) and Faculty of Sciences (FoS). All APC modules are core modules. In the former faculty, the students study the APC modules from first year to third year. In the latter faculty, students study the modules in the first two academic years.
The APC modules are designed to develop the students’ academic and professional communication skills within the context of the specific needs of Science, Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICT). The skills emphasised are those that are intended to equip students with key competencies for academic and professional life, and for the enhancement of life-long learning skills, such as positive self-esteem and effective communication.
The modules focus among others on Scientific and Technological Academic Writing, such as Report Writing, Scientific projects, Research Techniques and Written Professional Communication.