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Elevate Your STEM English Skills

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Communicating with clarity, accuracy, and confidence are incredibly important skills for those who work in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. With the goal of succinctly and accurately communicating information, you will gain new skills to clearly and confidently share your ideas, opinions, research, and data with the scientific community. You will strengthen your English language skills of idea development and expression in written and oral forms by exploring specific language models to accurately hypothesize, describe, inform, explain, and analyze. Lastly, you will elevate your speaking abilities by developing poster presentation skills and discussion strategies.

Course Information

In-Person
3.00 units
$500.00

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Section ID:

194297

Class type:

This is a traditional classroom setting.

All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 1/17/2026

Schedule:

Date Day Start End Location
1/13/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
1/20/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
1/27/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
2/3/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
2/10/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
2/17/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
2/24/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
3/3/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
3/10/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
3/17/2026 Tue 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
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Instructor: Shombe Smith

Shombe Smith
Shombe Z. Smith holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and a B.A. in International Relations. He has been teaching ESL/EFL for 15 years in a variety of domestic and international settings. Shombe has been fortunate to live and teach in a variety of countries including Thailand, South Korea, and Mexico.
 
Over much of the past decade, Shombe has served as a faculty member at higher education institutions across Asia including Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and Bangkok University. These EFL faculty assignments provided a variety of meaningful opportunities for professional experience and development. The interdisciplinary nature of the faculty role he served in at Bangkok University involved coordinating freshman English curriculum and instruction, teaching a range of English for Specific Purposes courses, and designing and teaching intercultural communication courses for the Department of Business English. Shombe has provided instruction to students from over 50 countries, much of which has taken place in international university settings.
 
Shombe is fascinated by the various ways that culture and creativity can have an impact on communication. His passion for exploring these and related topics inspires his approach to curriculum design and teaching.
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