ECS2 (Diploma Mechanical Engineering 1st-2nd)

1. Facets of Literature (14 hrs)

1.1 Short stories

 1.1.1 The Portrait of a Lady - Khushwant Singh

1.1.2 The Refugees – Pearl S. Buck

1.2 Prose

1.2.1 Forgetting- Robert Lynd.

1.2.2 Walking Tours- Robert Louis Stevenson

1.3 Poems

1.3.1 All The World’s A Stage – W. Shakespeare

1.3.2 No Men are Foreign- James Kirkup

2. The Art of Précis Writing (04 hrs)

3. Grammar and Usage (08 hrs)

3.1 Narration

3.2 Voice

3.3 Idioms and Phrases

4. Correspondence (04 hrs)

4.1 Business Letters

4.2 Personal letters

4.3 Application for Job

5. Drafting (06 hrs)

5.1 Report Writing

5.2 Inspection Notes

5.3 Memos, Circulars

5.4 Telegrams

5.5 Press Release

5.6 Agenda and Minutes of Meetings

6. Glossary of Technical & Scientific Terms (04 hrs)

7. Communication (08 hrs)

7.1 Media and Modes of Communication

7.2 Channels of Communication

7.3 Barriers to Communication

7.4 Listening Skills- Types of Listening

7.5 Body language