Communication Skills across Engineering Curriculum: A Case Study

Abstract

Effective communication skills occupy key importance in the world of work. This study aimed to investigate the standing of communication skills courses in the engineering curriculum taught to engineering students. Additionally, it assessed whether all engineering departments implement the same credit hour course for engineering departments. The data collection source was Prospectus-2021 of Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology Nawabshah. Discourse Analysis was the data analysis method. Findings exhibit that communication skills are taught as a single subject in the university and some engineering departments implement it as a 2-credithour and some 3-credit hour course. Unexpectedly, the department of chemical engineering implements it as(1) credit only. Findings endorse employers’ concerns that engineering graduates passing out from engineering universities are not ready for industry jobs.Research results would guide engineering universities of Pakistan to revisit engineering communication skills courses to bring them at par with industry skill needs.