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ENG 311 - Business Writing


Description:
Study and practice in effective business writing. Course content includes business writing genres, rhetorically effective writing in business contexts, professional writing style, and writing concisely and correctly.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or a direct transfer degree.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Recognize the rhetorical, organizational and stylistic characteristics in a variety of business writing genres.
  • Demonstrate a mastery of specific genres for a variety of business writing contexts.
  • Demonstrate the ability to select specific business writing genres and characteristics to match specific writing contexts.
  • Analyze the relationship between the audience of a business document and the style and tone appropriate to that document.
  • Organize materials to match message with structure for readability.
  • Demonstrate mastery of expectations for business writing contexts including conciseness, cohesion, clarity and appropriateness.
  • Generate audience analysis deliverables that help demonstrate the differences between writing for business audiences and writing for academic audiences.
  • Provide writing feedback and revision suggestions for others based on knowledge of business writing conventions and techniques.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
5/12/2015



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