Dates

Activities

Assignments

Week 1

15 Jan

Class Introductions

17 Jan

Discuss emails;
Read Chapter 1; Pgs 626-7

Professional email; Send email to me by 12:00 p.m. 18th Jan.

Week 2

22 Jan

Résumés; Introduce Job Packet
Read Chapter 7

Job Packet assignment

24 Jan

Résumé analysis; Understanding your audience
Read Chapter 2; Pgs 153-61

Resume and CV worksheet

Week 3

29 Jan

Cover letter
Read Chapter 8

31 Jan

Putting together job packets; memo writing
Read 621-25

Week 4

5 Feb

Interviews; professional etiquette
Peer Response (Bring job packets to class for response)
Read Chapter 9

Follow-up Letter assignment sheet

7 Feb

Mock interviews; writing follow-up letters

Job Packet /Document Analysis #1 due

Week 5

12 Feb

Website design, E-portfolio workshop

Webdesign Assignment Sheet

14 Feb

Building goodwill; you-attitude
Read Chapter 3

Interviews

Week 6

19 Feb

Writing Style
Read Chapter 4
Form groups;  Intro memo (in-class writing)

21 Feb

Presentation strategies
Read Chapter17

Follow-up letter due

Week 7

26 Feb

Intro publicity docs assignment
In-class document analysis; writing workshop Myers Briggs test
Read Chapter 12

28 Feb

Listening strategies workshop; handling group conflicts
Read Chapter 14

Week 8

4 Mar

E-portfolio workshop

Procedural Memo due

6 Mar

In-class writing

Week 9

11 Mar

Midterm review

13 Mar

Midterms

Mid-terms, e-portfolio checklist

Week 10

18 Mar

Spring Break

20 Mar

Week 11

25 Mar

Letter format, Introduce negative message assignment
Read Chapter 11

27 Mar

Negative messages, activity

Week 12

1 Apr

Proposal writing; in-class writing
Read Pgs 494-503

Negative message/Document Analysis #2 due

3 Apr

Proposal analysis

Week 13

8 Apr

E-portfolio wrap-up

10 Apr

Creating effective visual documents
Read Pgs 161-181

Proposal due

Week 14

15 Apr

In-class writing

17 Apr

In-class writing

Week 15

22 Apr

In-class writing

24 Apr

In-class writing

Week 16

29 Apr

Presentations

Publicity Documents/Document Analysis #3 due

1 May

Presentations

Week 17

6 May

Final Exams 9:45-11:45 a.m.

8 May

Final Exams 12:00-2:00 p.m.

E-Portfolios due