010.017 (16W) Business Writing Skills

Wintersemester 2016/17

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First course session
06.10.2016 08:00 - 10:00 Z.0.19 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Business Writing Skills
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 17 (15 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction no language of instruction was specified
Course begins on 20.10.2016
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Seniorstudium Liberale Yes

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

This course sets out to teach students who are relatively new to the field of Business English how to plan and write effective business documents. The course focuses on the importance of the writing process and offers clear guidelines for planning, drafting and revising business documents. A wide range of business settings and situations will be dealt with, in which students can practise and improve their business writing skills.

 The goals are:

- 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 raise students' awareness of register, choice of vocabulary and general appropriacy of language in business situations

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

lectures, in-class activities, homework

Course content

  • Writing as a process
  • Text structures
  • Tone/formality
  • Various Text Types
  • etc

Literature

Course reader will be made available on Moodle

Intended learning outcomes

This course sets out to teach students who are relatively new to the field of Business English how to plan and write effective business documents. The course focuses on the importance of the writing process and offers clear guidelines for planning, drafting and revising business documents. A wide range of business settings and situations will be dealt with, in which students can practise and improve their business writing skills.

 The goals are:

- 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 raise students' awareness of register, choice of vocabulary and general appropriacy of language in business situations

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

lectures, in-class activities, homework

Course content

  • Writing as a process
  • Text structures
  • Tone/formality
  • Various Text Types
  • etc

Literature

Course reader will be made available on Moodle

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.

Examination methodology

Written exam at the end of the semester, continuous assessment during the semester. 

Examination topic(s)

Contents covered in the course. 

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Coherence and cohesion, accuracy, implementation of knowledge acquired, register, vocabulary.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • §11 Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 10.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Wahlfachmodul Schreibcenter
        • Wahlfachmodul Schreibcenter ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 12W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 10.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Media & Communications (SKZ: 641, Version: 09W.1)
    • Subject: Fachsprache Englisch (Compulsory elective)
      • Writing in English ( 2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 289, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 10.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Free Electives (Optional subject)
      • Free Electives ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (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 (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 (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 (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 (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 650, Version: 05W.4)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 850, Version: 11W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 010.017 Business Writing Skills (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 (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 (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 (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 2015/16
  • 010.017 KS Business Writing Skills - für Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der technischen Wissenschaften (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)