ORM 3054 - Business English

4 Credit Hours

This course is an advanced treatment of technical writing wherein students will learn to hone their skills for the professional environment. While a review of usage practices and some discussion of grammar and diction will occur, primacy is given to ascertaining and employing the appropriate register, tone, and approach for a given situation. Development of credible, unbiased, first or third person authorship will be an ongoing objective. Moreover, students will be familiarized with the sequential steps in the planning, organizing, and formatting of traditional documents and will engage significantly with digital modes of business correspondence. Document types under review may include but are not limited to: emails, press releases, proposals, business plans, mission statements, and recommendation letters.

Prerequisite:

GENG 1123

GENG 1223

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Availability:

Main: Fall, B Term; Spring, B Term; Summer, B Term.
Online: Fall, B Term; Spring, B Term; Summer, B Term.
Orlando: Summer, B Term.
Wellington: Fall, B Term; Spring, B Term.

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