TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS

Communicating in Business 2nd Edition; Simon Sweeney /Cambridge University Press 2004

8 ½” x 11” lined paper with 3 holes on the left side
A three-ring binder to keep all of your quizzes, homework, tests, lecture notes, etc.
A manila or colored folder to keep all of your homework & classwork assignments in

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to help improve your communication skills to achieve your professional goals. The course will cover a broad range of career-related skills involving communication including:

Researching and applying for a job
Resumes
interviews
Networking
Business idioms and language
Phone techniques
Making presentations
Negotiating

We may cover additional topics based on the interests of the class. Grammar and pronunciation information will be introduced when needed.

Being ready to participate and work in groups is important to your success. You will receive feedback from both your peers and me.

GRADING

This is a PASS/FAIL course. This means you will NOT receive a LETTER or NUMBER grade (i.e. – A,B,C,D,F or 4.0, 3.3, 2.0, etc.). There will be no midterm or final exam. However, there will be homework, presentations, and informal group projects. At the end of the quarter, you will receive a certificate of successful completion if you attend at least 75% of classes.

This means that if you miss more than 5 classes you will not receive a certificate.

Your completed work will be calculated as follows:

Presentations & Group Projects 40%

Homework & Classwork 20%

Quizzes 10%

Participation 10%

ATTENDANCE

Regular attendance is very important in this class. We will cover a lot of information every day, and it is important that you are in class and on time.

Tardiness, or being late, is disruptive, so please try to arrive on time. If you are 5 minutes late or more, you will be considered tardy. Three tardies = one absence. If you arrive more than 20 minutes late, you will be marked absent. If you are absent 5 or more times, you will not pass the class.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out from another student what was covered in class on the day you were absent and to make copies of any material that was handed out in class on the day you were absent. The instructor will not be responsible for helping you to catch up.

IMPORTANT DATES

No Class: Monday, October 5 (COLLEGE ISSUES DAY – all campus offices closed)

Wednesday, November 11 (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY –

all campus offices closed)

Last week of class: Monday, November 30 – Wednesday, December 2

EMERGENCY AND CAMPUS CLOSURE INFORMATION

If there is a fire, medical emergency, crime, or classroom disturbance call:

Fire Department / Police / Ambulance (if life threatening) 911

Public Safety (if not life threatening) ext. 2400 (from a campus phone) / 425-564-2400

If there is an earthquake, power outage, storm, snow, or a public health emergency, go to:

http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/status/

Or sign up for e-mail or text message safety alerts at:

http://bellevuecollege.edu/alerts/LogIn.aspx

DISABILITIES

If you have a physical or learning disability for which you will need to request accommodations, please contact me and the Disability Resource Center (B132, Main Campus) as soon as possible to arrange for appropriate accommodations.