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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 305 Course Syllabus Description: Business Communication 305 is concerned with improving your communication skills--both oral and written. The focus of the course is on the adaptation of language when communicating in a business environment. You will be assigned a variety of problems to learn to apply your knowledge and experience. Specifically, the course is divided into three broad categories: (1) language skills, (2) business correspondence, and (3) interpersonal communication. Text: Materials to study for BSCM 305 will be posted on Moodle. Prerequisites: English 102, proficiency with and computer access to a word processing software package, and computer access to Moodle. Course Objectives: The primary objectives of the course are designed to provide you with the opportunity to develop 1. a competency in basic writing skills and 2. an ability to compose business communications in solving different types of business problems. Course Requirements:
Reading assignments will be given on a regular basis (please reference Moodle where these assignments may be accessed). It will be necessary that you have access to a computer that will enable you to either download or access Moodle . Required handouts and reading assignments will be “posted” via Moodle, and you should be able to print these handouts and assignments on a daily basis. Typewritten/printed assignments will be required in the course. (Note: It is important that all written assignments be turned in by the date on which the assignment is due.) A penalty of one letter grade will be assessed for a written assignment that is up to one week late. A penalty of two letter grades will be assessed for a written assignment that is up to two weeks late, and a penalty of three letter grades will be assessed for a written assignment that is over two weeks late. WARNING: Always submit a “hard copy” of any transmitted e-mail attachment during the class period immediately following
your e-mail transmission. The e-mail transmission will be used to determine your “late submission” date for your grade reduction (if any). Save a copy of your e-mail and attachment for “proof of submission” date. It is the hard copy personally submitted to Dr. Pullis, however, that is graded Should a class absence be 1 unavoidable (illness, death in the family, TDY, etc.), I will be reasonable in assisting you in making up your homework assignments. A midterm and a final examination will be administered to all students enrolled for credit in BSCM 305. Attendance: Punctual and regular class attendance is expected. Should a class absence be unavoidable, please arrange with a classmate to obtain for you copies of any handouts you may have missed. Also, arrange for your classmate to turn in any homework for you that is due on the date you will be unable to attend a class session. As was noted in the discussion of course requirements, should a class absence be unavoidable
(illness, death in the family, TDY, etc.), I will be reasonable in assisting you in making up the homework assignments without penalty. A missed spelling test, a missed weekly writing quiz, or a missed inclass or out-of-class writing assignment (up to a maximum of two) will be made up at a designated time during the quarter. A missed midterm exam will be made up during (i.e, immediately following) the next class period Remember: A late assignment that is submitted up to one week after the original due date will be penalized one letter grade. A late assignment that is submitted up to two weeks following the original due date will be penalized two letter grades. A late assignment that is submitted over two weeks after the original due date will be penalized three letter grades (see Course Requirements). You should always submit a “Late Assignment Submission Form” with any late assignment submission. Class absences exceeding 20% of the total class meetings, regardless of the reason
for the absences, are considered to be excessive. Special Accommodations: If you are officially registered (and have a letter to that effect) with the Office of Disabled Student Services and are requesting special accommodations for this class, please explain privately to Dr. Pullis early in the quarter what accommodations are necessary in order that appropriate arrangements can be made. Grading: Two major objective examinations (a midterm examination and a final examination) will be given in the course. The midterm examination will represent 25% of your overall grade, and the final examination will constitute 25% of your overall grade. In-class and out-of-class writing assignments will constitute 25% of your grade. Spelling tests and daily quizzes will constitute 25% of your grade The "weight" given to each writing assignment will be a function of the difficulty of the assignment. For example, should a writing assignment receive a grade of 9/10, you would have received
90% on a writing assignment weighted ten points. Should you receive a 14/20 on the next writing assignment, you would have received 70% on a writing assignment weighted twenty points. Your "grade average" on the first two writing assignments would be 23/30, or 77% (C+). A grading scale of 60, 70, 80, and 90 is used for letter grades of D, C, B, and A, respectively. A grade of A represents outstanding performance; a grade of B represents excellent performance; a grade of C represents good performance; a grade of D represents fair (marginally acceptable) performance; and a grade of F represents poor (unacceptable) performance. 2 Instructor: Joe M. Pullis Box 3027 Tech Station Ruston, LA 71272 Office Phone: 257-2368 Office: CAB 109A Home Phone: 255-8830 pullis@latech.edu Do not be reluctant to phone Dr. Pullis at home (255-8830) between 6:30 p.m and 9:30 pm on weekdays or at any time on weekends The e-mail address for Dr. Pullis is pullis@latechedu Should you send Dr.
Pullis an e-mail message, please use the following subject line: BSCM 305 When sending Dr. Pullis an e-mail message, use only the e-mail address listed above. Always indicate your first and last name in any e-mail message. Also, if you are including an attachment to your e-mail, please indicate in your message that you have included an attachment. Reminder: You will need computer access to Moodle in order to access and print out your assignments in Business Communication 305. Please “fill in” the appropriate dates corresponding to the class meetings for the following lectures. Honor Code: Business Communication 305 will adhere to the Louisiana Tech University Honor Code. Grades: Final course grades will be "live" on Student Boss as scheduled on the academic calendar for this quarter. Attachments: Business Communication 305 Reading Assignments Late Assignment Submission Form BC305Syl.doc / BC305BKsdoc 3 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 305 READING ASSIGNMENTS (Tentative)
Lecture Period 1 Introduction Please bring a pencil to class. Lecture Period 2 Spelling Check Number 1 Pretest (Please bring a pencil to class.) Lecture Period 3 Mechanics of Writing Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points Commas Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Hyphens Quotation Marks, Parentheses, Underscores, and Apostrophes Abbreviations Capitalization Number Expression Lecture Period 4 Theme Formatting Writing Letters to Your Clients and Customers Selecting Order and Formatting Your Letters Writing Letters with a Neutral or Positive Message Writing Letters with a Negative Message Spelling Check Number 2 Lecture Period 5 Letters and Memoranda Formatting Distinguishing a Theme from a Report from a Research Paper 4 Lecture Period 6 Writing with Style Planning and Organizing Messages Choosing Words Creating Vigorous Sentences Building Strong Paragraphs Editing and Proofreading Messages Spelling Check Number 3 Lecture Period 7 Writing Memos and E-mail Uses of Internal
Documents Formatting and Writing Effective Internal Documents Abuses of Internal Documents Writing Meeting Communications Lecture Period 8 Technical Communication Writing to Instruct Writing to Describe Writing to Persuade Spelling Check Number 4 Lecture Period 9 Getting Your Job Analyzing Yourself and the Market Writing Your Resume Composing Your Letter of Application and Completing the Application Form Interviewing Well and Writing the Follow-up Letter Midterm Pretest Review 5 Lecture Period 10 Midterm Exam (Please bring a pencil.) Lecture Period 11 Descriptive Writing Spelling Check Number 5 Lecture Period 12 Descriptive Writing (Continued) Lecture Period 13 Language Foundations Review Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Pronoun-Noun Agreement Spelling Check Number 6 Lecture Period 14 Language Foundations Review (Continued) Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions and Interjections 6 Lecture Period 15 Language Foundations Review
(Continued) Spelling Check Number 7 Lecture Period 16 Language Foundations Review (Continued) Lecture Period 17 Nonverbal Communication: A Key to Accurate Communication Listening: An Important Interpersonal Skill Spelling Check Number 8 Lecture Period 18 Review for Final Exam Lecture Period 19 Final Exam Part A -- (Please bring a pencil.) Lecture Period 20 Final Exam Part B -- (Please bring a pencil.) BC 305 Syllabus 20 7 Name LATE ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION FORM Complete this form and submit it with your late assignment. The date on which this assignment was originally due was Was the late submission of this assignment due to a class absence? YES NO If the late submission of this assignment was due to a class absence, how many class absences including this absence have you incurred so far during this quarter
in this course? 1 2 3 4 5 6 6+ [Class absences exceeding 20% of the total number of class meetings, regardless of the reason for the class absence, are considered to be excessive.] The reason this assignment could not be submitted on time (either in person, by a classmate, by e-mail, or by snail mail) is as follows: Brief Description of Assignment: The grade deduction for this late assignment should be 1 letter grade 2 letter grades 3 letter grades Assignments that are up to one week late receive a one-letter-grade deduction. Assignments that are up to two weeks late receive a two-letter-grade deduction, and assignments that are over two weeks late receive a three-letter-grade deduction. Remember that if you are absent from class, you may have a class partner submit your assignment, or you may e-mail your assignment to me as an e-mail attachment. If you e-mail your assignment to me as an e-mail attachment
(pullis@cab.latechedu), you must also provide me with a “hard copy” of the assignment during the next class period. The number of late assignments, including this assignment, you have submitted in this course is 1 2 Date 3 3+ Print Student’s Name Student’s Signature
Reading assignments will be given on a regular basis (please reference Moodle where these assignments may be accessed). It will be necessary that you have access to a computer that will enable you to either download or access Moodle . Required handouts and reading assignments will be “posted” via Moodle, and you should be able to print these handouts and assignments on a daily basis. Typewritten/printed assignments will be required in the course. (Note: It is important that all written assignments be turned in by the date on which the assignment is due.) A penalty of one letter grade will be assessed for a written assignment that is up to one week late. A penalty of two letter grades will be assessed for a written assignment that is up to two weeks late, and a penalty of three letter grades will be assessed for a written assignment that is over two weeks late. WARNING: Always submit a “hard copy” of any transmitted e-mail attachment during the class period immediately following
your e-mail transmission. The e-mail transmission will be used to determine your “late submission” date for your grade reduction (if any). Save a copy of your e-mail and attachment for “proof of submission” date. It is the hard copy personally submitted to Dr. Pullis, however, that is graded Should a class absence be 1 unavoidable (illness, death in the family, TDY, etc.), I will be reasonable in assisting you in making up your homework assignments. A midterm and a final examination will be administered to all students enrolled for credit in BSCM 305. Attendance: Punctual and regular class attendance is expected. Should a class absence be unavoidable, please arrange with a classmate to obtain for you copies of any handouts you may have missed. Also, arrange for your classmate to turn in any homework for you that is due on the date you will be unable to attend a class session. As was noted in the discussion of course requirements, should a class absence be unavoidable
(illness, death in the family, TDY, etc.), I will be reasonable in assisting you in making up the homework assignments without penalty. A missed spelling test, a missed weekly writing quiz, or a missed inclass or out-of-class writing assignment (up to a maximum of two) will be made up at a designated time during the quarter. A missed midterm exam will be made up during (i.e, immediately following) the next class period Remember: A late assignment that is submitted up to one week after the original due date will be penalized one letter grade. A late assignment that is submitted up to two weeks following the original due date will be penalized two letter grades. A late assignment that is submitted over two weeks after the original due date will be penalized three letter grades (see Course Requirements). You should always submit a “Late Assignment Submission Form” with any late assignment submission. Class absences exceeding 20% of the total class meetings, regardless of the reason
for the absences, are considered to be excessive. Special Accommodations: If you are officially registered (and have a letter to that effect) with the Office of Disabled Student Services and are requesting special accommodations for this class, please explain privately to Dr. Pullis early in the quarter what accommodations are necessary in order that appropriate arrangements can be made. Grading: Two major objective examinations (a midterm examination and a final examination) will be given in the course. The midterm examination will represent 25% of your overall grade, and the final examination will constitute 25% of your overall grade. In-class and out-of-class writing assignments will constitute 25% of your grade. Spelling tests and daily quizzes will constitute 25% of your grade The "weight" given to each writing assignment will be a function of the difficulty of the assignment. For example, should a writing assignment receive a grade of 9/10, you would have received
90% on a writing assignment weighted ten points. Should you receive a 14/20 on the next writing assignment, you would have received 70% on a writing assignment weighted twenty points. Your "grade average" on the first two writing assignments would be 23/30, or 77% (C+). A grading scale of 60, 70, 80, and 90 is used for letter grades of D, C, B, and A, respectively. A grade of A represents outstanding performance; a grade of B represents excellent performance; a grade of C represents good performance; a grade of D represents fair (marginally acceptable) performance; and a grade of F represents poor (unacceptable) performance. 2 Instructor: Joe M. Pullis Box 3027 Tech Station Ruston, LA 71272 Office Phone: 257-2368 Office: CAB 109A Home Phone: 255-8830 pullis@latech.edu Do not be reluctant to phone Dr. Pullis at home (255-8830) between 6:30 p.m and 9:30 pm on weekdays or at any time on weekends The e-mail address for Dr. Pullis is pullis@latechedu Should you send Dr.
Pullis an e-mail message, please use the following subject line: BSCM 305 When sending Dr. Pullis an e-mail message, use only the e-mail address listed above. Always indicate your first and last name in any e-mail message. Also, if you are including an attachment to your e-mail, please indicate in your message that you have included an attachment. Reminder: You will need computer access to Moodle in order to access and print out your assignments in Business Communication 305. Please “fill in” the appropriate dates corresponding to the class meetings for the following lectures. Honor Code: Business Communication 305 will adhere to the Louisiana Tech University Honor Code. Grades: Final course grades will be "live" on Student Boss as scheduled on the academic calendar for this quarter. Attachments: Business Communication 305 Reading Assignments Late Assignment Submission Form BC305Syl.doc / BC305BKsdoc 3 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 305 READING ASSIGNMENTS (Tentative)
Lecture Period 1 Introduction Please bring a pencil to class. Lecture Period 2 Spelling Check Number 1 Pretest (Please bring a pencil to class.) Lecture Period 3 Mechanics of Writing Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points Commas Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Hyphens Quotation Marks, Parentheses, Underscores, and Apostrophes Abbreviations Capitalization Number Expression Lecture Period 4 Theme Formatting Writing Letters to Your Clients and Customers Selecting Order and Formatting Your Letters Writing Letters with a Neutral or Positive Message Writing Letters with a Negative Message Spelling Check Number 2 Lecture Period 5 Letters and Memoranda Formatting Distinguishing a Theme from a Report from a Research Paper 4 Lecture Period 6 Writing with Style Planning and Organizing Messages Choosing Words Creating Vigorous Sentences Building Strong Paragraphs Editing and Proofreading Messages Spelling Check Number 3 Lecture Period 7 Writing Memos and E-mail Uses of Internal
Documents Formatting and Writing Effective Internal Documents Abuses of Internal Documents Writing Meeting Communications Lecture Period 8 Technical Communication Writing to Instruct Writing to Describe Writing to Persuade Spelling Check Number 4 Lecture Period 9 Getting Your Job Analyzing Yourself and the Market Writing Your Resume Composing Your Letter of Application and Completing the Application Form Interviewing Well and Writing the Follow-up Letter Midterm Pretest Review 5 Lecture Period 10 Midterm Exam (Please bring a pencil.) Lecture Period 11 Descriptive Writing Spelling Check Number 5 Lecture Period 12 Descriptive Writing (Continued) Lecture Period 13 Language Foundations Review Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Pronoun-Noun Agreement Spelling Check Number 6 Lecture Period 14 Language Foundations Review (Continued) Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions and Interjections 6 Lecture Period 15 Language Foundations Review
(Continued) Spelling Check Number 7 Lecture Period 16 Language Foundations Review (Continued) Lecture Period 17 Nonverbal Communication: A Key to Accurate Communication Listening: An Important Interpersonal Skill Spelling Check Number 8 Lecture Period 18 Review for Final Exam Lecture Period 19 Final Exam Part A -- (Please bring a pencil.) Lecture Period 20 Final Exam Part B -- (Please bring a pencil.) BC 305 Syllabus 20 7 Name LATE ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION FORM Complete this form and submit it with your late assignment. The date on which this assignment was originally due was Was the late submission of this assignment due to a class absence? YES NO If the late submission of this assignment was due to a class absence, how many class absences including this absence have you incurred so far during this quarter
in this course? 1 2 3 4 5 6 6+ [Class absences exceeding 20% of the total number of class meetings, regardless of the reason for the class absence, are considered to be excessive.] The reason this assignment could not be submitted on time (either in person, by a classmate, by e-mail, or by snail mail) is as follows: Brief Description of Assignment: The grade deduction for this late assignment should be 1 letter grade 2 letter grades 3 letter grades Assignments that are up to one week late receive a one-letter-grade deduction. Assignments that are up to two weeks late receive a two-letter-grade deduction, and assignments that are over two weeks late receive a three-letter-grade deduction. Remember that if you are absent from class, you may have a class partner submit your assignment, or you may e-mail your assignment to me as an e-mail attachment. If you e-mail your assignment to me as an e-mail attachment
(pullis@cab.latechedu), you must also provide me with a “hard copy” of the assignment during the next class period. The number of late assignments, including this assignment, you have submitted in this course is 1 2 Date 3 3+ Print Student’s Name Student’s Signature
