Course calendar
| Week One |
Introductions; Contexts for Business Communication |
| Tuesday 1/11 | In Class: Course Goals & Protocols; Establishing Credibility as a Professional Communicator; Writing Samples |
| Thursday 1/13 | Background: BCT, Chapter One In Class: Peer-Editing Techniques & Document Analysis Due: Resume & Cover Memo |
| Week Two |
Collaborative & Team-Based Writing, Revising & Editing |
| Tuesday 1/18 | Background: BCT, Chapter Two & “Teaming Together Apart” (handout) In Class: Resolving Procedural Conflict |
| Thursday 1/20 | Background: ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’: Listening Skills In Class: Exploring Nonverbal Communication Due: Revised Resume |
| Week Three |
Globalization & Business Communication |
| Thursday 1/25 | Background: BCT, Chapter Three In Class: Document Analysis & Revision; Planning a Globalization Context Memo |
| Thursday 1/27 |
Background: Globalization, continued In Class: Article Presentations & Discussion Due: Memo on Globalization Article |
| Week Four |
Audience Analysis & How Documents Affect Readers’ Thinking & Feeling |
| Tuesday 2/1 |
Background: BCT, Chapter Four & From Schriver, Dynamics of Document Design (PDF) In Class: Document Analysis & Revision Due: Audience Analysis Memo |
| Thursday 2/3 |
Lab day |
| Week Five |
Document Design & Production I: Platforms, Revisited |
| Tuesday 2/8 | Lab day |
| Thursday 2/10 |
No class: Winter Carnival |
| Week Six |
Document Design & Production II |
| Tuesday 2/15 | Background: BCT, Chapter Seven In Class: Team-based Editing Protocols Due: Editing Workshop Materials & Exercise |
| Thursday 2/17 |
Background: BCT, Chapter Seven In Class: Team-based Editing Protocols Due: Editing Workshop Materials & Exercise |
| Week Seven |
Document Design & Production III |
| Tuesday 2/22 | Background: BCT, Chapters Eight & Nine In Class: Team-based Editing Protocols Due: Editing Workshop Materials & Exercise |
| Thursday 2/24 |
Background: BCT, Chapters Eight & Nine In Class: Team-based Editing Protocols Due: Editing Workshop Materials & Exercise |
| Week Eight |
Document Design & Production IV: Project Planning & Management |
| Tuesday 3/1 | Background: BCT, Chapter Twelve In Class: Report Classifications & Contexts of Use |
| Thursday 3/3 |
Background: BCT, Chapter Twelve Due: Project Work Plans |
| Spring Break | Friday 3/4 – Sunday 3/14 |
| Week Nine |
Project Development |
| Tuesday | Background: BCT, Chapter Twelve, Continued In Class: Planning Reports |
| Thursday |
Due: Team Project Planning Reports |
| Week Ten March 22-26 |
No Class: Scheduled Team Meetings |
| Week Eleven |
Finding, Processing, and Communicating Knowledge |
| Tuesday |
Background: BCT, Chapter Ten In Class: Project Research Strategies |
| Thursday |
In Class: Project Planning, continued Due: Project Research Memo |
| Week Twelve |
Project Drafts & Progress Reports |
| Tuesday |
In Class: Drafting & Revising Workshop |
| Thursday |
Due: Project Draft (Team) & Progress Reports (Individual) |
| Week Thirteen |
Visual Communication of Information & Knowledge |
| Tuesday |
Background: BCT, Chapter Eleven & From Tufte, Visual Explanations (PDF) In Class: Editing Workshop |
| Thursday |
In Class: BCT, Chapter Eleven |
| Week Fourteen |
Presentation Planning & Workshops |
| Tuesday |
Background: BCT, Chapter Fifteen In Class: Presentation Planning Due: Presentation Storyboard |
| Thursday |
No Class: Scheduled Team Meetings |
| Week Fifteen |
Team Presentations |
| Tuesday |
In Class: Team Presentations |
| Thursday |
In Class: Team Presentations Due: Project Final Draft (Team) & Peer Evaluations (Individual) |
| Final Exam Week |
Project Presentations; Room & Time TBA |
| Due: Portfolio, and Letter of Transmittal |