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MCOM 350 Business and Professional Communication
Instructor: Dr. Kelley Crowley, PhD
Email: kcrowley@su.edu
Phone: 412-377-0081 (text only)

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Compose a proper correspondence based on the situation (letter, email, text, etc.)
2. Work collaboratively in a remote setting
3. Identify and define the ethical communication issues in any correspondence 
4. Define and refine your own creative processes

Learning Activities for this class will include:

  • Working in the Google suite of products
  • 2-3 remote group projects
  • Posting and commenting on weekly message boards
  • Weekly quizzes
Each week the topics will be the following: 
Week 1 - Getting to know your remote working life
Week 2 - Your relationship with business media and communication 
Week 3 - Email and memos
Week 4 - Working remotely in groups and remote presentations
Week 5 - More presentations and presenting yourself in job interviews
Week 6 - How to present yourself to get the job you want

GRADES
While grades are often a poor reflection of what you have truly learned, they are a necessary part of both your job and mine. 


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