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Contemporary Business Communication –
com140
(3 credits)
In this course, students apply the basic writing process'transitioning from fluency to clarity to correctness'as they create a variety of effective business communication for both internal and external audiences. Selected readings provide the foundation for discussions of the purpose, audience, structure, tone, and content of business writing. Grammar exercises focus on sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and bias-free language.
This undergraduate-level course is
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Business Communication
- Identify appropriate purpose, audience, tone, and content for business communication.
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Business Presentations
- Apply comprehensive presentation skills.
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Elements of Presentations
- Discuss options for presenting information in a business environment.
- Identify ways to incorporate effective visual elements into business presentations.
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Informative, Positive, and Negative Messages
- Use the writing process to create a variety of effective business communication.
- Develop informative and positive messages for use in the workplace.
- Convey negative messages that communicate openly, honestly, and diplomatically.
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Interpersonal Communication
- Determine appropriate purpose, audience, tone, and content for interpersonal communication.
- Identify the purpose of available online writing resources.
- Use grammar, mechanics, spelling, and punctuation appropriately.
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Job-Application Skills
- Determine a strategy for managing a job search.
- Develop documents associated with a job search.
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Persuasive Messages
- Identify characteristics of persuasive messages.
- Write persuasive messages to meet specific business needs.
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The Relationship Between Reading and Writing
- Discuss selected readings for purpose, audience, structure, and tone.
- Determine methods for building rapport between the writer and reader of written communication.
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Word Processing Skills
- Develop fundamental word processing skills.
- Compare basic style guidelines for formatting papers.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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