OST
2335--APPLIED BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Online
COURSE SYLLABUS
Professor Rosalyn R.
Amaro
Office: B242 (office hours posted on
office door; meetings scheduled by appointment)
Phone: 904/381-3672
E-mail: ramaro@fccj.edu
Web site: http://web.fccj.edu/~ramaro
Catalog Description of
Course
Prerequisite:
OST 1336 or ENC 1101. This
course is designed to teach the communication skills necessary to speak and write
clearly in a business environment. Students will compose business
correspondence, develop an oral presentation, and develop effective verbal and
nonverbal communication and listening skills. (3 semester hours of college
credit)
Textbook
The
textbook for this course is Essentials of
Business Communication, 7th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey; Thomson South-Western Publishing; 2006
Course
Requirements/Grading
The
major course requirements are:
1.
reading assigned material to increase knowledge of business
communications
2.
writing letters, memoranda, procedures, and a short
report to increase skills of writing
3.
improving grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and
vocabulary
4.
creating and delivery of an oral report via video or
electronically with voice narration
Approximately 14 assignments (including letters,
memoranda, an oral presentation (using Microsoft PowerPoint or video), and a
memo report) will be assigned. Assignments may be submitted early (before the due date), but are not
accepted late (after the due date has passed). Assignments will not be
graded until after the due date has passed. All
assignments will be submitted electronically through the Blackboard assignment link
(not via e-mail). Final grades will be calculated by averaging all assignment
grades and multiplying the result by 50%. The three unit tests will be averaged
and the result will be multiplied by 40%. Participation in discussion board
topics and/or chat sessions if scheduled is worth 10% of final grade. The
following grading scale will be used on all work (writing assignments and the
three tests):
|
Grading
Scale |
|
|
A |
90-100 |
|
B |
80-89 |
|
C |
70-79 |
|
D |
60-69 |
|
F |
59 and
below |
|
FN |
Failure for
non-attendance (students must log in at least once each week) |
Academic Dishonesty in any form will not be
tolerated. Students engaged in any form of cheating will be given a grade of F
for the course.
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