Writing in Computer Science and Engineering

Catalog description

Writing is an integral part of a CSE student's graduate and post-graduate career. In this class, students will learn principles of good writing, including how to control information flow and emphasis, how to structure long sentences, and how to write concisely, cohesively, and coherently. Students will learn how to create a narrative about their research and structure their introduction and conclusion. Other topics that will be covered as time permits include how to write an abstract and a title, how to write a methods section, how to write mathematical sections, how to write a README for a software, how to write a referee report, and how to write text for slides for a presentation.