Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Business English

 Title Abbreviation:   BUSINESS ENGLISH

 Department:    OBT

 Course #:    115

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    239998

 EPC:    547

 REV:    2018


 Course Description  

Fundamentals of business grammar with an emphasis on proofreading and editing business documents.

 Prerequisite  

None

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
N/A

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Apply grammar rules to locate and correct errors related to
    • apostrophes/possesives
    • pronouns
    • subject/verb agreement
    • verb tense
    • sentence structure (fragments, comma-splices, run-ons)
    • punctuation
    • homonphones
    • other common grammar errors
  2. Use a reference manual to verify grammar decisions.
  3. Edit business documents to improve accuracy and readability.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.

Course Contents

  1. Guidelines for appropriate use of apostrophes/possessives.
  2. Guidelines for appropriate use of pronouns in business writing.
  3. Guidelines for verifying subject/verb agreement.
  4. Guidelines for choosing correct verb tenses.
  5. Guidelines for identifying correct sentence structure.
  6. Guidelines for correct use of punctuation.
  7. Guidelines for choosing correct homophones.
  8. Reference manual usage.