BUS3105 - Memos, Letters and Email
Course Description
This 2-hour workshop provides students with in-depth instruction on how to properly compose the most common types of everyday business correspondence. In addition to tips for proper formatting, students will learn how to adapt tone, formality, and syntax for each type of document according to purpose and audience.Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the participants will be able to:
- Write memos, letters and email that are adapted to their context, audience(s) and purpose
- Adapt the organization of business correspondence to support the specific purpose of the message
- Evaluate business messages written by others and make suggestions for improvement; write effective subject lines; correctly format memos, letters and email.
Notes
If you are a student with a documented disability and have not voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability so that we may coordinate the accommodations you need, you are invited to contact the Disability Support Services Office (DSSO) in ‘Ilima 107, ph.734-9552, or email kapdss@hawaii.edu for assistance. For students whose primary disability is Deaf or hard of hearing, contact the KCC Deaf Center at ph. 734-9210 (V), 447-1379 (videophone), or email kapdeaf1@hawaii.edu.
Please note: you will need to contact Kapi’olani CC’s DSSO or Deaf Center to request accommodations in a Kapi’olani CC course even if you’ve already registered or are receiving services at another UH campus’s disability support program.
Kapi‘olani Community College Refund/Drop Policy:
100% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 10 business days or more prior to start date of course.
50% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 5-9 business days prior to start date of course.
0% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made less than 5 business days prior to start date of
course.