BMD165 – Business Writing
Course Description
This course empowers students to perform research for reporting purposes. It explains how to effectively compose letters, memos, and emails. Finally, it teaches students how to gear their messaging for a specific audience. This course has no prerequisites.
Instructional Methods
Instructor facilitated student-paced instruction, offered full-time on-campus or online with the identical curriculum, completion requirements and credentials received for both delivery methods.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the successful student will have demonstrated or be able to:
- Researching and reporting
- Composing letters, memos, and emails
- Creating audience-focused messages
Assessment Methods
Student progress is monitored weekly through attendance and assessments. A final exam is conducted at the end of the course for each program. Marks are allocated for class examinations only. Minimum pass mark is 60%. Grades will be assigned as follows:
| 95-100 | A+ |
| 89-94 | A |
| 80-88 | B+ |
| 70-79 | B |
| 60-69 | C |
| 00-59 | F |
| Incomplete | Student is in a course that has not yet ended. |
| Withdrawn | Student withdrew or was dismissed from the course. |
Assessments and Weighting
| Quizzes | 15% |
| Assignments | 25% |
| Midterm Exam | 25% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
| Attendance | 10% |
| Total | 100% |