010.017 (15W) Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences

Wintersemester 2015/16

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First course session
07.10.2015 16:00 - 18:00 N.1.25 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Business Writing Skills - für Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der technischen Wissenschaften
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 6 (15 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 14.10.2015
Seniorstudium Liberale Yes

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

lectures, in-class activities, discussions, homework

Course content

This course seeks to teach students how to plan and write effective business documents. The course focuses on the writing process and highlights its importance while offering clear guidelines for planning, drafting and revising business documents. A wide range of business settings and situations will be explored, in which students can practice and improve their business writing skills with an emphasis on purpose and audience. In that context, students will read, analyze, and discuss a variety of texts and text styles in preparation for creating their own appropriate compositions.

Topics

  • Writing as a process
  • Text structures
  • Tone/formality
  • Letters / e-mails / memos
  • Reports
  • Applications/CVs
  • etc

Teaching objective

- To expose students to writing techniques that will help to set personal composition guidelines - To give students feedback on their compositions which will help students to identify personal writing problems and to find strategies to deal with them more effectively - To learn how to organize business texts into a coherent structure to serve a particular purpose - To raise students' awareness of register, and general appropriateness of language in business situations

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

written exam at the end of the semester, continuous assessment, participation, homework

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 289, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • Kompetenzerweiterung ( 0.0h VK/VO/KU/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Lehrveranstaltungsauswahl (siehe Seite 19 des Curriculums) (NC und ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungsauswahl ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Lehrveranstaltungsauswahl (siehe Seite 19 des Curriculums) (NC und ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungsauswahl ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 489, Version: 06W.3)
    • Subject: Soft-Skill Courses (Compulsory subject)
      • Diverse Lehrveranstaltungen ( 0.0h VO/VK/VS/KU/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Technical Mathematics (SKZ: 201, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Sprache und Kommunikation (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Angebot des SchreibCenter ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Technical Mathematics (SKZ: 401, Version: 13W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 05W.5)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Non degree programme Courses of the Writing Centre (SKZ: 888, Version: 04W)
    • Subject: Lehrveranstaltungen des SchreibCenters (Compulsory subject)
      • Bereich 2: Grundlagen des wissenschaftlichen Schreibens ( 2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungscurriculum Grundlagen der Schreibkulturen und der Schreibwissenschaft (Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Grundlagen der Schreibkulturen und der Schreibwissenschaft (Compulsory subject)
      • Schreiben als Beruf ( 0.0h XX / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungscurriculum Grundlagen der Schreibkulturen und der Schreibwissenschaft (Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Grundlagen der Schreibkulturen und der Schreibwissenschaft (Compulsory subject)
      • Schreibpraxis und Schreibkultur ( 0.0h XX / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills for students of economics and technical sciences (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2023
  • 010.017 KS Open Writing Group: Academic English in Use II. (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2022
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills - besonders für Studierende technischer und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studien (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2021
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills - besonders für Studierende technischer und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studien (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2020
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills - besonders für Studierende technischer und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studien (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2019
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills - besonders für Studierende technischer und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studien (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2018
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2014/15
  • 010.017 KU Business Writing Skills - für Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der technischen Wissenschaften (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 010.017 KU Business Writing Skills - für Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der technischen Wissenschaften (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2012/13
  • 010.017 KU Business Writing Skills - für Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der technischen Wissenschaften (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)