# Business Communications 1

Load (55%)

Complexity (30%)

Strain (15%)

# Instructor Specifics

Up to date as of Winter 2025.

# Thorsten Ewald

Email: [email protected]
Office Location: SW2-262
Office Hours: Mon: 11:30 – 1:20 Tues: 11:30 – 1:20 Fri.: 12:30 – 3:20 or by appointment; I am available via email pretty much all the time.

# Grading Matrix

Criterion	Weight
Quizzes	20%
Email assignment	20%
Informal Report	30%
Oral Presentation	20%
Attendance & professionalism	10%

# Learning Resources

Writing in the Technical Fields 3rd edition. Oxford University Press by Thorsten Ewald, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-903685-1

# Frank Schnurr

Email: [email protected]
Office Location: SW2-262
Office Hours: Monday 9:30-10:20 & 12:30-1:20

Thursday 11:30-1:20

Friday 12:30-1:20

# Grading Matrix

Criterion	Weight
In-class Revisions	20%
Email Assignment	20%
Analytical Report	30%
Oral Presentation	20%
Participation	10%

# Learning Resources

Writing in the Technical Fields 3rd edition. Oxford University Press by Thorsten Ewald, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-903685-1

# Matthew Rockall

Email: [email protected]
Office Location: SW2-258
Office Hours: I'll be available for virtual office hours at various times as needed. For in-person meetings, I can make myself available on Mondays or Tuesdays at the BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC) and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Burnaby. However, I do travel between the DTC and Burnaby campuses so please email to arrange an appointment or to let me know you'd like to see me.

# Grading Matrix

Criterion	Weight
Multiple Choice Questions	10%
Routine Request Assignment	10%
Short Report Assignment	15%
Midterm Exam	20%^1
Final Exam	25%^1
Oral Presentation	15%
Participation	5%

^1You must have an average of 50% between these two exams to pass this class.

# Learning Resources

Writing in the Technical Fields 3rd edition. Oxford University Press by Thorsten Ewald, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-903685-1

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# Course Description

Information technology professionals spend time each day communicating orally and in writing with their supervisors, colleagues and clients. As problem-solvers and entrepreneurs in industry, you need to communicate quickly, clearly, and effectively. This course will teach you how to be a professional and efficient communicator at work. You will write effective business correspondence and instructions and deliver a formal oral presentation to your set. The first term establishes the principles and basic patterns on which you will build more advanced applications in the second term.