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Dec 26, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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WRT 254 - Advanced Professional Communications 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Business writing and communication strategies and practices. Includes how to develop and improve business communication skills. Also includes how to apply business writing strategies in professional fields.
Prerequisite(s): With a C or better: WRT 102 .
Course Learning Outcomes
- Craft messages in properly formatted business documents for various workplace purposes and audiences using appropriate strategies.
- Demonstrate proficiency in editing and refining business documents.
- Perform research and integrate outside sources to support claims with proper APA citations.
Outline:
- Craft messages in properly formatted business documents for various workplace purposes and audiences using appropriate strategies.
- Write and revise e-correspondence, memos, and letters, including direct and indirect messages
- Write and revise informative short reports
- Write and revise persuasive proposals
- Demonstrate proficiency in editing and refining business documents including attention to sentence structure, mechanics, and tone.
- Apply key elements of business writing sentence structure
- Demonstrate correct mechanics and usage for business purposes
- Demonstrate appropriate choice of tone and style for intended audiences and purposes
- Perform research and integrate outside sources to support claims with proper APA citations.
- Access appropriate internet and library database sources
- Evaluate credibility of sources
- Prepare annotated bibliography
- Correctly integrate sources into written work
- Follow APA Style in documentation
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2017/18
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