Course provides instruction and practice in basic writing skills, emphasizes paragraph development and organization, and reviews sentence structure, word choice, and spelling. Assignments include short pieces, journals, and essays. Mastery of the basics of grammar and mechanics is assumed. Class integrates major business English skills with traditional business communication concepts. Students will write letters and reports.
Major emphasis is placed on writing clear, forceful, and persuasive documents.
Technical aspects such as format, style, and organization will be covered. Machine Transcription 3 Cr. Machine Transcription is designed to provide intensive skill development and extensive review needed to prepare students for word processing positions. Records Management 3 Cr. The objective of this course is to acquaint students with a basic knowledge of records management.