Course Requirements: This course is designed to teach professional communication skills. Emphasis is placed on research, listening, critical reading and thinking, analysis, interpretation, and design in oral and written presentations. Upon completion, students should be able to work individually and collaboratively to produce well designed business and professional written and oral presentations.

Prerequisites: Eng 111 

Class Hours Per Week: 3 (on campus class)                Semester Hours Credit: 3

Course Objectives: Upon completing the course, students should be able to demonstrate
an understanding of the communication process and its application to written and oral messages
in business and industry by accomplishing the following objectives:
  Apply interpersonal and organizational concepts to formal oral presentations
  Apply interpersonal and organizational concepts in a standard format to written messages
  Use appropriate style and tone to understand the link between audience and purpose
  Compose effective orders, acknowledgments, remittances, inquiries, and requests
  Compose effective acknowledgments, notices, replies, inquiries, and requests which prompt
     favorable or mixed reactions
  Develop a focused resume with an appropriate cover letter
  Analyze and use primary and secondary data sources to fulfill research objectives
  Use visuals to clarify, emphasize, or condense report data
  Research and present a formal report that applies the criteria for appearance, accuracy,
     coherence,  clarity, and conciseness

Grading  (92-100) A   (68-75) D         WP= is not computed in the grade point average
Scale:      (84-91)   B    (0-67)  F          WF= computed as an F
               (76-83)   C     I= incomplete  NC= No Credit: excessive absences, computed as an F

Course Requirements: Students are required to complete all assigned readings. In addition to exams and pop quizzes, students will be required to compose memos, letters, a resume and a research report. In presenting the report, students will give a PowerPoint presentation. These will be averaged together with exams and quizzes.

                                           Assignment Point Values   
 

Class Expectations: Be prepared to discuss assigned readings online. Generally, the most interesting classes I have taken and have taught have been those in which the students discussed and shared ideas. Feel free to speak your mind and ask questions when you are not clear about something; I'm not going to lower anyone's grade just because his or her opinion is different from mine. However, during the course of class discussions, please remember that there is no need to insult, attack, or belittle anyone in class. If someone disagrees with you, try to explain your point of view. If you need to meet with me outside of class to discuss anything, please let me know.

Method of Instruction:  Assignments are listed on the schedule. Students will complete each assignment and e-mail it to the instructor.

All work should be in standard edited English with no errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanics. All papers must be typed in an acceptable word processing form: Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. 
Do not use Microsoft Works.

Cheating Policy: Neither plagiarism nor cheating will be tolerated. If a student is caught cheating on a test or plagiarizing a paper, he or she will receive a grade of zero for the assignment.   Plagiarism