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BUSINESS SCHOOL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

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B CMU 301 Basic Written Business Communications (4)
Broad analytical approach to written communications as a management tool. Analysis of the psychology, semantics, planning, and principles of effective business writing. Practical application through messages that inform and persuade, grant and refuse; plus short business reports and applications for positions. Cannot be taken for credit if B CMU 302 already taken. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description: David L. Buckner Martin D Westerman

B CMU 302 Basic Written Business Communications for Accounting Majors (4)
Broad analytical approach to written communications as a management tool for accountants. Analysis of the psychology, semantics, planning, and principles of effective business writing. Practical applications through messages that inform and persuade, grant and refuse; plus short business reports and applications for positions. Cannot be taken for credit if B CMU 301 already taken. Corequisite: ACCTG 301.
Instructor Course Description: John F. Whelan

B CMU 410 Business Reports and Other Specialized Communications (4)
Covers internal and external, written and oral business reporting. Considers communications strategies within the context of rapidly changing technologies. Students learn to apply primary and secondary research to quarter-long, individual projects resulting in a variety of reports: proposals, progress reports, feasibility studies, business plans, etc. Prerequisite: B CMU 301 or B CMU 302.
Instructor Course Description: Jessica Stone Judith Ann Kalitzki

B CMU 490 Special Topics in Business Communications (1-6, max. 12)
Students and faculty focus on current topics of concern. Prerequisite: either B CMU 301 or B CMU 302.

B CMU 499 Research in Business Communications (1-6, max. 9)

B CMU 509 Finding your Voice (2)
Develop a leadership communication style by discovering core values and learning how to translate those values into effective messages. Students give speeches as well as critique speeches of classmates, produce written evaluation of speeches given in class and receive instructor feedback. Prerequisite: BA 501.

B CMU 510 Business Communications for Managers (4)
Develops understanding of communication theories, describes strategies for planning managerial communications, and builds skills in oral and written reporting and persuading. Looks at how new technologies are changing the way people in business communicate, and the implications those changes have for organizations. Prerequisite: B A 501.
Instructor Course Description: Judith Ann Kalitzki

B CMU 579 Special Topics in Business Communication (2/4, max. 12)
Business and managerial communication topics of current interest to faculty and students.

B CMU 600 Independent Study or Research (*) Goethals, Kalitzki
Offered: AWSp.