| Instructor: Barbara J. D'Angelo ASU East Library Services, Center 30A Phone: 480-727-1160 Email: bdangelo@asu.edu |
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Hours: Monday, 10:00-Noon Wednesday., 1:00-3:00 or by appointment |
This course will introduce students to strategies, formats, and techniques of presenting information to business and other workplace audiences.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
This is an Internet course. Because it is a summer course, you have much less time to complete work than you would during a regular semester. Read the Course Guidelines and Policies and Course Introduction. Review all information posted in Blackboard. Be sure you understand what will be expected of you.
All assignments are expected to be completed on time. See course evaluation section below for information on grading and Blackboard for information on assignments and due dates.
You will primarily be working on your own to complete assignments. However, you will be sharing a draft of your final report with another student in the class for peer editing and feedback.
Graduate Students: Students registered for graduate credit (TWC547) will complete an additional assignment.
Locker, Kitty O. (2003) Business and Administrative Communication, 6th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
The text is available in the bookstore. Be sure to purchase the 6th edition.
Refer to the Schedule information in Blackboard.
Refer to the Schedule information in Blackboard.
| Assignment | Value |
| Email 1 | 5 points |
| Audience analysis | 5 points |
| Proposal | 10 points |
| Letter 1 | 5 points |
| Memo 1 | 5 points |
| Progress Report | 10 points |
| Letter 2 | 5 points |
| Letter 3 | 5 points |
| Report draft/Peer response | 5 points |
| Powerpoint | 5 points |
| Memo 2 | 5 points |
| Job Application Materials | 10 points |
| Problem-solving Report | 25 points |
| Scale | Grade |
| 90-100 points | A |
| 80-89 points | B |
| 70-79 points | C |
| 60-69 points | D |
| 0-59 points | E |
In addition to the assignments/scale listed above, students registered for TWC547 will write an additional paper worth 20 points. The scale for final grade will be:
| Scale | Grade |
| 108-120 points | A |
| 96-107 points | B |
| 84-95 points | C |
| 72-83 points | D |
| 0-71 points | E |
All assignments are to be completed and turned in by the due date listed in the Schedule section of Blackboard. Late assignments will not be accepted for any reason other than family or medical emergency. If you cannot complete an assignment on time, contact me in advance of the due date.
Throughout this course, you will be composing documents for a variety of audiences and purposes. Your writing should at all times be professional and consist of proper tone, style, formatting, language, and grammar.
As a student in this course you are expected to complete your own work and to properly cite work of others. Refer to the Student Academic Integrity Policy regarding students rights, responsibilities, and obligations.
Last modified: 24 May 2004