B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Professional and Communication Ethics Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Module 1- Fundamentals of Communication printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• 1.1. Basic Concepts of Communication ● Definition, Objectives, Postulates 1.2. Process of Communication ● Stimulus, Sender, Encoding, Message, Medium, Channel, Receiver, Decoding, Feedback 1.3. Methods of Communication ● Verbal (Written & Spoken). ● Non-verbal cues perceived through the five senses (Visual, Auditory, Tactile, Olfactory, Gustatory) ● Non-verbal cues transmitted cues through (The body, Voice, Space, Time, Silence) 1.4. Barriers to Communication ● Mechanical, Physical, Semantic & Linguistic, Psychological, Socio-cultural 1.5. Organisational Communication ● Formal (Upward, Downward, Horizontal). ● Informal (Grapevine)

Module 2: Module 2 - Developing Basic Listening Skills printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• 2.1. Concepts of Active Listening ● Listening for Details ● Listening for Gist ● Listening for Inference (For details please refer to Lab. Syllabus) 2.2. Enhancing Listening Proficiency Using Language Labs or on Open Source Platforms

Module 3: Module 3 - Developing Basic Speaking Skills printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• 3.1. Conversational Activities - Monologues ● Introducing yourself, Introducing others, One-minute impromptu speeches, Scaffolded story telling 3.2. Conversational Activities - Dialogues ● Role plays on everyday interactions, Interviews (Find out if…), Information Gap Activities, Picture descriptions and feedback, Situational conversations. 3.3. Conversational Activities - Pronunciation, Stress & Rhythm, Intonation ● Neutralisation of accent, Word stress, Rhythm & Pauses, Tonal variations/inflections (For details please refer to Lab. Syllabus)

Module 4: Module 4 - Developing Basic Reading Skills printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• 4.1. Verbal Aptitude ● Root Words, Meanings, Word Forms, Synonyms, Antonyms, Collocations, Prefixes, Suffixes at a similar difficulty level of entrance tests like CAT/GRE/GMAT & proficiency tests like TOEFL/IELTS 4.2. Grammar ● Identifying Common Errors (Subject-verb agreement, Articles. Prepositions, Misplaced modifiers and Punctuations) Redundancies, Idioms, Cliches at a similar difficulty level of entrance tests like CAT/GRE/GMAT & proficiency tests like TOEFL/IELTS 4.3. Techniques to Improve Reading Fluency and Comprehension ● Intensive Reading ● Extensive Reading ● Skimming ● Scanning ● SQ5R Method (Survey, Question, Reading, Recording, Recall, Review and Revise) 4.4. Reading & Summarisation Skills ● Summarising text to Graphic Organisers (GO) and visa-versa. Venn diagrams, Radial Diagrams (Mindmaps), Tree Diagrams, Cyclic Diagrams, Flow Charts, Timelines, Matrix (Tables), Pyramids ● Summarising text in point form ● Summarising text in one-sentence central idea

Module 5: Module 5 - Developing Basic Writing Skills printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

Module 6: Module 6 - Ethical and Managerial Skills for Engineers printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• 6.1.Team building ● Five stages of Team, (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning) 6.2.Goal setting ● SMART goals – short term and long-term goals 6.3.Ethical Considerations for Professional Integrity ● Fairness and Honesty ● Difference between Values and Ethics ● Ethical principles ● Ethical use of AI Tools ● Plagiarism and copyright infringement ● Ethical-dilemma case studies

References

• 1 Communication Skills by Sanjay Kumar & Pushp Lata
• 2 Business Communication with Writing Improvement Exercises. Hemphill, McCormick and
• 3 Business Communication: Building Critical Skills by Locker, Kitty O. Kaczmarek, Stephen Kyo
• 4 Effective Business Communication by Herta Murphy
• 5 Technical Communication: Principles and Practice by Raman and Sharma
• 6 Effective Technical Communication: A Guide for Scientists and Engineers by Rizvi
• 7 Oxford Guide to Effective Writing & Speaking by John Seely
• 8 English Grammar by Raymond Murphy
• 9 Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• 1 https://bbclearningenglish.org
• 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish