Required Text: Lesikar/Flatley/Rentz. Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. 12^th Edition.McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9780073377797

See District Online Schedule for official list of required and optional textbooks and materials for this class.
Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in Blackboard Vista, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

This course introduces students to the principles of effective business communications. You will experience the broad development of the ability to analyze, organize, and compose various forms of written and oral communications. You will also have the opportunity to develop clear and concise persuasive letters, memorandums, and reports.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

1. Examine and compare organizational communications processes.
2. Analyze and appraise planning and writing techniques used to solve business problems.
3. Analyze business communications situations and produce letters with appropriate language and style.
4. Categorize and contrast oral communications styles.
5. Create an analytical report based on original research with comprehensive documentation.
6. Compose written communications and documents appropriate to the job search process.
7. Examine communications methods and techniques within the electronic office environment.

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your Blackboard Vista Username = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7. If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped.
Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm