BUS 201: Business Communication
Lecture
Units – 3.0
Course description
Effective planning and composition of various types of business communications: Emphasis on style, tone, vocabulary, methodology, and psychology of purposeful and forceful business communications; practical application of principles to letters, memoranda, reports, procedures, manuals, prospectuses, and proposals.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Organize and write business correspondence for job and personal use using standard construction formats for business letters, memorandums, resume, routine messages, electronic messages and media, and analytical reports.
- Compose business correspondence with the use of correct grammatical construction, spelling, and punctuation using the application of the classic C’s (clear, concise, correct) and the tree-step writing process.
Apply college level critical thinking, library research, and problem-solving techniques for the completion of business-based reports and writing assignments.
Waitlist Students: Permission numbers will be sent when there is a space available. Check your Peralta email!
Orientation Meetings: Please access Canvas to check the date for the 1st meeting, and we will meet in the Canvas ConferZoom.
Textbook: Students must check the Laney College Bookstore website for the course’s required textbook information.
