Chabot College
Fall, 2002
Course Outline for Business 15
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE
Catalog Description:
15 - Business Correspondence
3 units
Development of skills in organizing and writing business letters, memoranda, reports,
resumes, and letters of application with emphasis on rules for punctuation, spelling, and
grammar which meet the needs of modern business. Strongly recommended: eligibility for
English 101B. 3 hours lecture, 1 hour laboratory.
[Typical contact hours: lecture 52.5, laboratory 17.5]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. independently organize and write grammatically correct business letters, memoranda,
resumes, and letters of application;
2. listen for grammatically correct correspondence, both incoming and outgoing;
3. punctuate and spell correctly;
4. proofread and edit rough draft copy;
5. use the dictionary, thesaurus, and business reference books.
Course Content:
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Applying basic rules of punctuation, spelling, and syntax
a. subjects, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and sentence structure
b. major marks, period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, colon and
semicolon
c. other marks: dash, parentheses, quotation marks, and underscore
d. numbers; basic and special rules
Increasing business vocabulary
Developing familiarity with various types of business letters, forms, etc.
Applying skills to:
a. composing routine business letters, memoranda and reports
b. organizing and writing resumes and letters of application
c. writing rough drafts of minutes
d. proofreading and editing
Methods of Presentation:
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Class instruction of punctuation, spelling, grammar, business letter styles and
memoranda
Self-paced workbooks on punctuation, spelling, and grammar
Study and analysis of selected business letters
Individual and group composition of letters and memoranda
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
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Typical Assignments:
a. Home assignments
b. Projects
Evaluation Methods:
a. Quizzes
b. Class participation
c. Midterm examination
d. Final examination
Chabot College
Course Outline for Business 15, Page 2
Business Correspondence
Fall 2002
Textbox(s) (Typical):
ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, Mary Ellen Guffey, ITP,
South-Western Publishing, 2002.
Special Student Materials:
None
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