ENG 113

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COURSE SYLLABUS

1.	TITLE OF COURSE:		BUSINESS ENGLISH
	PREFIX/NUMBER:		ENG 113 CREDIT HOURS 3
2.	PREREQUISITE:		ENG 090
3.	RESOURCES NEEDED:
	TEXT:
	SUPPLIES:		Notebooks and pens for note taking and homework preparation and a current dictionary.
4.	COURSE DESCRIPTION:		Reviews the basic principles of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and word usage. Develops the ability to construct grammatically correct sentences.
5.	COURSE GOAL:		To use correct English grammar, punctuation, business terminology, and just as important, to recognize incorrect usage without the aid of references.
6.	COURSE OBJECTIVES:
	By the end of the course
	A.	the student will have expanded his/her knowledge of common business terms by learning to spell correctly and to use properly ten to fifteen (10-15) words per week. Weekly quizzes, without the use of references, must be completed with at least 60 percent accuracy—75 percent is recommended for students enrolled in clerical or secretarial programs.
	B.	the student will exhibit mastery of all units by completing unit quizzes and major tests without the use of notes or reference materials with at least 60 percent accuracy—75 percent is recommended for students enrolled in clerical or secretarial programs.
	C.	the student will recognize sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and complete sentences and will construct complete sentences involving various sentence patterns—simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex.
	D.	the student will learn to use properly and to recognize errors in the usage of all parts of speech—nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
	E.	the student will punctuate sentences correctly and will recognize errors in punctuation.
	F.	the student will master the usage of commonly confused words; such as, affect and effect, adapt and adopt, etc.
7.	EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
	Students will turn in spelling work on ten to fifteen (10-15) words per week. They will define the words and write complete sentences using the words. This work will be checked for completeness and accuracy. Additional exercises may also be used for the spelling words.
	There will be five (5) to fifteen (15) spelling quizzes. The format of these quizzes will vary, and the students will know on which day of the week the quizzes will be given. The use of notes or reference material is not allowed. The testing formats are as follows:
	A.	Ten (10) to twenty-five (25) dictated words—students write the correct spelling of each word.
	B.	Ten (10) dictated words—students will compose a complete sentence using the word properly and spelling the word correctly.
	C.	Proofreading—students find and correct errors in spelling or usage of the week's words.
	D.	Definition test—students will match words from the week's list to their proper definition(s).
	E.	Multiple choice—students will identify misspelled words from the week's list with groups of four words or spellings of a word(s) making up each item on the quiz.
	There will be a minimum of four (4) quizzes covering textbook units and notes. These quizzes will be announced in advance. The format of these quizzes will consist of the following:
	A.	Mulitple-choice items
	B.	Marking items as correct or incorrect
	C.	Proofreading for grammatical and/or punctuation errors and choosing or the correct item.
	D.	True/False Questions
	The average score of all vocabulary exercises and vocabulary quiz scores will constitute 25 percent of the final grade. The average score of all quiz scores will constitute 25 percent of the final grade. The average of the major tests will constitute 50 percent of the final grade.
	The length of time used for quizzes and major tests will vary from fifteen (15) minutes to ninety (90) minutes.
	Honesty in any test situation is commendable; anything else may be used as grounds for dismissal from class. No food, drinks, or smoking are permitted in the classrooms.
	Spelling + Quizzes = 25%
	Textbook + Quizzes = 25%
	Major Tests = 50%
	Grading Scale
	Raw Score Range		Letter Grade
	90 to 100		A
	80 to 89		B
	70 to 79		C
	60 to 69		D
	0 to 59		F
SPECIAL REMARKS
	1.	Although 60 percent is a passing mark of "D," students who are enrolled in BTE programs are required to repeat English until a score of 70 percent or above is achieved. Skill in English will impact on several other courses required of BTE students.
	2.	Students may challenge this course by applying to the Department Chairperson for a test out. This test must be completed with a minimum score of 70 percent in order to qualify for test out. If this is done, the student may enroll in BUS 217, Business Communications and Report Writing, and Editing Skills.
	3.	Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20 percent of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 8 hours will usually constitute 20 percent of a three-credit semester course which meets 2 1/2 hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
8.	COURSE OUTLINE
	Tentative Schedule
	A.	Approximately thirty (30) minutes per week will be spent on presenting the week's vocabulary words and administering the spelling quizzes.
	B.	One week will be spent on Chapter 1, Reference Skills and introducing proofreaders' marks and the procedure for spelling words.
	C.	Approximately thirty (30) minutes will be spent on Chapter 2, Parts of Speech (for review only).
	D.	One week will be spent on Chapter 3, Sentences: Elements, Patterns, Types.
	E.	One week will be spent on Chapters 4 and 5, Nouns and Possessive Nouns.
	F.	Three weeks will be spent on Chapters 6 and 7, Personal Pronouns and Pronouns and Antecedents.
	G.	Four weeks will be spent on Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, Verbs—Kinds, Voices, Moods, Tenses and Parts, Verb and Subject Agreement, and Verbals.
	H.	One week will be spent on Chapter 12, Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs.
	I.	Two weeks will be spent on Chapters 13, 14, 15, Prepositions and Conjunctions.
	J.	Two weeks will be spent on Chapters 16, 17, and 18, Punctuation.
	K.	Any time left will be spent on Chapters 19 and 20, Capitalization and Numbers.
9.	METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
	To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities. Online exercises are available for students that desire to understand and learn more thoroughly. Some assignments will need to be accessed online. These assignments may be completed on a home computer with internet capability or at school in the computer lab.
10.	ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
	The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11.	ADA NOTICE
	Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.