Master Syllabus BT1003, Business English

Credits 3 Lab Hours 0 Lecture Hours 3 Clinical Hours 0
A course designed to have students learn and apply the skills of English usageā€”the foundation communication skills that competent workers need in the workplace. For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.

For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.

Program and/or Department Mission Statement

The Business Administrative Technology program provides students the skills to be productive and successful working in an office environment.

SCCC Outcomes

Outcome #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.

Outcome #3: Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in speaking, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations

Course Outcomes

Upon acceptable completion of the course competencies and an average of 85 percent or higher on mastery tests, the student will be able to:

Know and effectively use different kinds of sentences

Identify and properly use the parts of speech

Recognize and proficiently use phrases and clauses

Know and correctly use punctuation marks and capital letters

Understand what constitutes well-constructed paragraphs and be able to skillfully use them

Write sentences and paragraphs that are grammatically correct and effectively communicate the intended meaning

Realize that a knowledge of English usage helps each learner to communicate more efficiently and effectively both orally and in written form, and prepares each learner for a successful entrance into other educational endeavors and the world of work

Course Outline
  1. Define and write different kinds of sentences to express a complete thought
  2. Identify and use nouns for clearer writing
  3. Apply plural and possessive rules to nouns
  4. Recognize and use pronouns in written and spoken language
  5. Use verbs, identify and use helping and linking verbs, and use verbs so that they agree with their subjects
  6. Recognize and use verb tense, person, number, and voice
  7. Use adjectives and adverbs to write descriptive sentences; use degrees of comparison
  8. Identify and use prepositions and their objects
  9. Identify and use the three types of conjunctions
  10. Recognize and use prepositional, infinitive, and participial phrases
  11. Recognize and use independent and subordinate clauses
  12. Punctuate using periods, exclamation marks, question marks, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens, parentheses, apostrophes, quotation marks
  13. Identify and apply ten comma usage rules
  14. Express numbers correctly in sentences, reports, and technical writing
  15. Apply grammar rules for capitalizing words
  16. Demonstrate ability to correctly use frequently misused words in written and spoken language
  17. Write simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences
  18. Write topic sentences and use linking words and phrases to develop paragraphs
  19. Spell, define, and use words commonly found in the business world
Instructional Methods

Presentations/demonstration by the instructor

Discussions

Daily assignments

Instructional Resources and Materials

Textbook

Individual and work-together activities

Methods of Assessment

Measurement of course outcomes achievement, as well as the student's grade, will be determined in the following manner:

Class participation and completion of daily assignments

Ability to define and use vocabulary on weekly assignments and tests

Ability to choose standard English conventions on objective tests

Measurement of SCCC Outcomes will be assessed as follows:

  1. (2 & 3) Assessed through assignments requiring oral and written answers
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Seward County Community College will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you need support or assistance because of a disability, you may be eligible for academic accommodations. Students should identify themselves to the Mental Health Counselor at 620-417-1106 or go to the Student Success Center in the Hobble Academic building, room A149.