WRT 3082:
Business Writing
Oaklanad University
Fall 2024
CRN: 43056
Online

Instructor:

Jim Nugent, Ph.D.

Email:

nugent@oakland.edu

Links

Course Description

WRT 3082: Business Writing provides instruction in the theory and practice of written, visual, and digital rhetoric within business contexts. It satisfies the university general education requirement for a writing intensive course in general education and knowledge applications integration area. Prerequisite for knowledge applications integration and writing intensive: completion of the university writing foundation requirement (i.e., completion of WRT 1060 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher). 4 credits.

General Education Outcomes

Required Texts

Readings will be provided.

Course Policies

Assignments

There will be four major assignments in this class, listed below, which are due on the dates listed in the course calendar. You must complete all of these assignments to receive a passing grade. The assignments are as follows:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Career Documents
  3. Whitepaper
  4. Proposal

Grading

I will give grades (A–F) for all graded assignments in this class. The final grade is determined as follows:

15%

Correspondence

20%

Career Documents

20%

Whitepaper

20%

Revision and the Writing Process

25%

Exercises and Small Assignments

Special Considerations

Students with documented disabilities should inform the professor of special needs during the first week of classes. Please contact Oakland University’s Disability Support Services office for assistance: