REVISED 3/17/04 - Saddleback College

Note: The syllabus above and the Semester Schedule below are subject to change. Any changes will be
announced in class; students are responsible for discovering any changes announced during an absence. Any
revision of this syllabus will be posted to Blackboard (see “Course Information”).
SEMESTER SCHEDULE
BUS 104 [#19800] Fall 2006
WEEK
DATE
BEFORE
CLASS,
STUDY …
IN-CLASS
LECTURE, DISCUSSION, ACTIVITY …
AT THE END OF CLASS,
SUBMIT …
1 8/21 Course introduction (syllabus, student
survey form, etc.) [H1]
“Study Skills: PQ3R” [H2]
“Listening Skills” [H3]
Student Survey Form
(to be completed in class)
2 8/28 Chs. 1, 2
App. A
“Intro to Communication” [H4]
“Formatting Messages” [H5, H6]
“Visual Clarity” [H7]
Sample Business Message [HW 1]
9/4 N O S C H O O L
3 9/11 Ch. 3 “NOTES: The Writing Process” [H8] Communication Process & Listening [HW 2]
4 9/18 Ch. 3 “NOTES: The Writing Process” (cont.)
5 9/25 Ch. 4 “The Top 30 Errors” [H9] Announcement to Employees [HW 5]
6 10/2 Ch. 4
App. A
“The Top 30 Errors” (cont.)
“Top 30” [HW 3]
7 10/9 Ch. 6 “Writing E-Mail Messages & Memos” [H10] Editing project [HW 4]
8 10/16 M I D T E R M E X A M
9 10/23 Ch. 7, 8 “Writing Persuasive Messages” [H11, H12] Persuasive Sales Letter [HW 6]
10 10/30 Ch. 13 “Developing Your Résumé” [H13 - H16] DRAFT Résumé and Cover Letter [HW 7]
11 11/6 Ch. 12 “Résumé Review”
12 11/13 Ch. 14 “Giving a Presentation” [H20] FINAL Résumé and Cover Letter [HW7]
13 11/20 Ch. 2 “Interviewing Effectively” [H17] Accepting a Job Offer [HW 8]
14 11/27 Ch. 1 “Cultural Diversity” [H19] Cultural Diversity [HW 9]
15 12/4 “Conducting Business Meetings” [H18]
16 12/11 F I N A L E X A M
(12:45 to 2:45 p.m.)
No late homework accepted.
Legend: Ch. = “Text Chapter” H = “Handout” (see “Course Documents” on Blackboard)
App. = “Text Appendix” HW = “Homework Assignment” (see “Assignments” on Blackboard)
= “To be submitted” Ex. = “Exercise”
LAB = Unannounced assignments to be completed in IMC Lab.
Blackboard:
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Your ID: jdoe0@sm.saddleback.cc.ca.us
Your password: last 4 SS digits + 00
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