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BUE 105 BUSINESS ENGLISH

PRESENTED AND APPROVED: MAY 4, 2012

EFFECTIVE: FALL 2012-13

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INSTRUCTION Course Package

Prefix & Number BUE105 Purpose of this submission: Update to new form If this is a change, what is being changed? (Check all that apply)

Course Title: Business English New Change/Updated Retire Update Prefix Course Description Title Course Number Format Change Credits Prerequisite Competencies Textbook/Reviewed Competencies-no changes needed Does this course require additional fees? No Yes If so, please explain Is there a similar course in the course bank? No Yes (Please identify) Formerly GBS105 Articulation: Is this course or an equivalent offered at other two and four-year universities in Arizona? No Yes Mesa CC – OAS108 Business English, Yavapai CC – BSA105 Business English Is this course identified as a Writing Across the Curriculum course? No Yes

Course Textbook, Materials and Equipment Textbook(s) Current edition

Title Author(s) Publisher

Business English May Ellen Guffey South Western Cengage

Title Author(s) Publisher Software/ Equipment

Course Assessments Description of Possible Course Assessments (Essays, multiple choice, etc.)

Exercises, problems, quizzes, exams, projects

Exams standardized for this course? Midterm Final Other (Please specify): Where can faculty members locate or access the required standardized exams for this course

Are exams required by the department? No Yes If Yes, please specify:

Student Outcomes: Identify the general education goals for student learning that is a component of this course. Check all that apply:

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Method of Assessment

INSTRUCTION Course Package 1. Communicate effectively. a. b.

Exercise, problem, quiz or exam question.

Read and comprehend at a college level. Write effectively in a college setting.

2. Demonstrate effective quantitative reasoning and solving skills.

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3. Demonstrate effective qualitative reasoning skills.

4. Apply effective methods of inquiry. a. Generate research paper by gathering information from varied sources, analyzing data and organizing information into a coherent structure. b. Employ the scientific method. 5. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity

a. Experience the creative products of humanity. b. Describe alternate historical, cultural, global perspectives.

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COURSE INFORMATION Initiator: Candace Hofstadter Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-Committee: May 4, 2012 Effective Semester/Year Fall 2012 Spring Summer Prefix & Number: BUE105 Full Title: (100 character limit) Business English Short Title: (30 character limit) Business English Catalog Course Description: Using examples from business, this course fine-tunes the basic principles of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, number styles, spelling and vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on extensive application of the use of these principles through paragraph, memo, and business letter writing. SUN Course Number: Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Prerequisite(s) Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 & TRE 089 Co-requisite(s)

Intended Course Goals By the end of the semester, students students will be able to: 1. Have comprehensive, up-to-date and relevant knowledge in the correct use of english grammar rules. 2. Develop proficiency in punctuation, capitalization, and number style skills. 3. Determine realistic writing applications of current word usage and style in today's work place. 4. Create and write sentences using proper english spelling, vocabulary and punctuation. 5. Write, recognize and compose sentences showing and labeling the different parts of speech

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Course Competencies and Objectives By the end of the semester, students will be able to: Competency 1 Use three different types of dictionaries Objective 1.1 Look up works for correct spelling Objective 1.2 Look up words for correct usage Objective 1.3 Look up words for correct pronunciation Competency 2 Write, recognize and compose sentences showing parts of speech function in sentences. Objective 2.1 Write sentences using the parts of speech correctly Objective 2.2 Proofread material and identify parts of speech errors. Objective 2.3 Correct sentences that have parts of speech errors. Competency 3 Write a complete sentence. Objective 3.1 Find the subject and predicate in written sentences. Objective 3.2 Convert sentence fragments into complete sentences. Objective 3.3 Use the correct ending punctuation depending on whether it is a command, question or exclamation Competency 4 Distinguish between noun, noun plurals, and apostrophe usage Objective 4.1 Find errors in noun usage in written sentences Objective 4.2 Write sentences using nouns, noun plurals, and possessive nouns correctly. Competency 5 Distinguish between transitive, intransitive and linking verbs Objective 5.1 List 20 linking verbs Objective 5.2 Write sentences using transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. Objective 5.3 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs in sentences. Competency 6 Write verbs in the present, past, and future tenses correctly. Objective 6.1 Identify verb tense in written sentences Objective 6.2 Write a variety of sentences that demonstrate the correct usage of present, past, and future verbs Competency 7 Write sentences which use adjectives and adverbs correctly. Objective 7.1 Write the superlative and comparative degrees of regular and irregular adverbs in sentences Objective 7.2 Use articles correctly Objective 7.3 Avoid double negatives Competency 8 Write sentences using prepositions and prepositional phrases correctly. Objective 8.1 Use objective case pronouns as objects of prepositions Objective 8.2 List the 20 most common prepositions Objective 8.3 Avoid using prepositions in place of verbs and adverbs in writing activities Competency 9 Distinguish between and punctuate compound sentences. Objective 9.1 Determine if a sentence is simple or compound Objective 9.2 Use the correct punctuation and conjunction if necessary for a compound sentence Competency 10 Use commas correctly in punctuating sentences. Objective 10.1 Correctly use commas to punctuate introductory phrases and series Objective 10.2 Use commas to set off parenthetical phrases Objective 10.3 Use commas to improve sentence clarity Objective 10.4 Use commas correctly in sentences which contain dates, cities, and titles Competency 11 Use colons, semicolons, and other punctuation effectively in documents Objective 11.1 Write sentences using colons and semi-colons Objective 11.2 Write sentences using dashes, parentheses, quotation marks, hyphens, etc. Competency 12 Write numbers in documents following number rules Objective 12.1 Write numbers in a document spelling out numbers less than ten and numbers which start a sentence Objective 12.2 Use numbers correctly within the text of a document Competency 13 Capitalize sentences correctly Objective 13.1 Demonstrate capitalization of first word of sentence Objective 13.2 Demonstrate capitalization of proper names, dates, holidays, etc. Competency 14 Develop spelling skills through studying the rules and guidelines for spelling Objective 14.1 Recognize misspelled words in documents MCC Form EDU 0007 (rev. 10/07/11)

INSTRUCTION Course Package Objective 14.2 Discuss spelling rules Objective 14.3 Write sentences which are free from spelling errors

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