JTC 301 - Business Communication

3 Credits

Delivery/Location: Online

Prerequisite

CO 150 (College Composition) or HONR 193 (Seminar).

Description

This course was previously numbered JT 301.

As a practical matter, the course covers the principles and practices of effective business communication, including the following forms: email, memoranda, letters, resumes, research methods, proposals, reports (both long and short), news releases, and methods of presentation. The course emphasizes the importance of audience (both domestic and foreign) in the composing of business materials. All communication should conform to the rules of Standard American English. Textbook required.

Recommended for Junior class level and above.

This course can be applied towards the:

Textbooks and Materials

Unless otherwise indicated, textbooks and materials are required and can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore.

  1. A Pocket Style Manual, 4th Ed.
    Diana Hacker
  2. Successful Writing at Work, 7th Ed. (2004)
    Philip Kolin

Instructors

Jane Albritton
(970) 221-3025
aloha@lamar.colostate.edu

Jane Albritton is the president of Tiger Enterprises Writing Consultants. She founded the company 25 years ago (1981) in response to a demand for training in writing, editing and communication. Currently she writes for the Northern Colorado Business Report and is a contributor for Poudre Magazine. Her story on artist Brian Cobble was featured in the June 2006 edition of Southwest Art.

She has edited a variety of books, including a soon to be published history of the engineering firm CH2MHILL, the company that cleaned up the Rocky Flats Nuclear site.