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    A "Communication Skills for Computer Scientists" Course
    (ACM, 2009-07) Blume, Lil; Baecker, Ronald; Collins, Christopher; Donohue, Aran
    This paper describes "Communication Skills for Computer Scientists," a novel undergraduate course at the University of Toronto. We describe in detail the three major instructional streams of the course: writing, speaking, and interpersonal communications. We present a novel approach to teaching writing, interactive multimedia web technology to teach public speaking, and specific interpersonal skills training as the integral parts of the course. We contribute a detailed description of the curriculum and report measures of success, both quantitative data and reactions from students in their own words.