General Information

• Name: Business English
• Discipline: Business (BUS)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Social Science, Education, Humanities & Public Service
• Prerequisites: None

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Offers a course in practical business English that includes principles of grammar, punctuation, and word usage, paragraph development and formatting of basic business correspondence. The English language is constantly changing and this course will reflect leading-edge practices used in the business community.
Note: Non-transferable for a NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.

II: Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should/should be able to:

• Skillfully use the dictionary, thesaurus, and business writing handbooks to determine spelling, meaning, pronunciation, syllabication, accent, word usage, and work history.
• Correctly format envelopes, memoranda, e-mails, and a variety of business letters styles.
• Correctly use parts of speech including nouns, verbs, connecting and modifying words in business sentences.
• Recognize how parts of speech function in business writing.
• Correctly use capitalization, numbers, periods, commas, semicolons, and other forms of punctuation.
• Accurately proofread business communication and effectively utilize proofreader's marks.
• Correctly format informal and formal business reports.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

BUS 106B (Business English) addresses Student Learning Outcomes:
1. know the subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.
2. have developed managerial and personal skills essential to the current business environment.