Course welcome, syllabus/schedule and introductions due: June 19

Due Jun 19, 2024 by 11:59pm
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Welcome to Business Communication! I am delighted that we will be spending the semester together. In this course you will learn about the importance of effective written communication in an organization and how to use these writing skills in your professional life. We'll explore topics such as planning, drafting, organizing and revising business messages, positive, negative and persuasive messages, business plan, report and proposal writing, and more.

Course format: The course is held entirely online, with no mandatory class meetings. This is a 6-week intensive summer session of the course. This means that you will complete the course work at twice the rate of a regular length semester. The course is set up as weekly modules where each week you will: read 2 chapters of material, view recorded lectures, complete a written assignment(s) a grammar assignment and, participate in class discussion. This is the basic course structure, for the full course schedule-read the syllabus/schedule posted below.

Textbook information: The required textbook is: Business Communication; Process & Product, 10^th edition, Guffey and Loewy, Cengage publishing, ISBN: 9780357129234

Note: different book formats will have different ISBN numbers. Make sure you buy/rent the 10^th edition in any format (hard copy, e-copy, etc.) that you prefer. You only need to buy/rent the textbook, we will not be using any other publisher resources besides the textbook. Here is a link to the textbook purchase options via the publisher’s website:

https://www.cengage.com/c/business-communication-process-product-10e-guffey-loewy/9780357129234 Links to an external site.

Course communications: Throughout the semester I will be communicating with you through various formats. I will post announcements that contain important information about the current module, assignments, updates and so forth. Be sure to read all announcements. I will leave feedback on your assignments in the form of comments and/or edits. And, I will be responding to your Canvas messages and emails throughout the semester.

Please take some time to review the course syllabus and schedule below and to post your self-introduction.