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Business English Grammar
EN107

YEAR:

2023-2024

CREDIT HOURS:

3.00

PREREQUISITES:

None

COREQUISITES:

None

COURSE NOTES:

None

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Building language confidence in standard English through greater fluency and accuracy using principles of grammar and mechanics of writing such as punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and sentence structure. Analyzing and practicing sentence construction using business-related vocabulary. This course does not meet English requirements for the Associate of Arts degree or Associate of Science degree.

HutchCC INSTITUTION-WIDE OUTCOMES:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by acquiring, analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
  2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various technological and traditional methods.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  5. Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.

COURSE OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCIES:

  1. Develop proficiency in the use of punctuation, capitalization, and number style skills.
    1. Place commas correctly according to current business English guidelines and rules.
    2. Use semicolons correctly
    3. Use colons correctly
    4. Capitalize words following colons when necessary
    5. Use periods appropriately
    6. Use exclamation points appropriately
    7. Use question marks appropriately
    8. Use acceptable applications of dashes
    9. Use acceptable applications of parentheses
    10. Use acceptable applications of brackets
    11. Use acceptable applications of italics (underscores)
    12. Use acceptable applications of double quotation marks
    13. Use acceptable applications of single quotation marks
    14. Distinguish between common and proper nouns for the purpose of capitalization
    15. Distinguish between nouns and adjectives for the purposes of capitalization
    16. Capitalize personal titles when appropriate
    17. Capitalize numbered items when appropriate
    18. Capitalize points of the compass when appropriate
    19. Capitalize quotes when appropriate
    20. Capitalize rules when appropriate
    21. Capitalize phrases when appropriate
    22. Capitalize enumerated items when appropriate
    23. Capitalize correctly departments
    24. Capitalize correctly divisions
    25. Capitalize correctly committees
    26. Capitalize correctly government terms
    27. Capitalize correctly product names
    28. Capitalize correctly literary titles
  2. Use punctuation as an integral part of the entire process of communicating thoughts in written communications.
    1. Place commas correctly according to current business English guidelines and rules
    2. Use semicolons correctly
    3. Use colons correctly
    4. Capitalize words following colons when necessary
    5. Use periods appropriately
    6. Use exclamation points appropriately
    7. Use question marks appropriately
    8. Use acceptable applications of dashes
    9. Use acceptable applications of parentheses
    10. Use acceptable applications of brackets
    11. Use acceptable applications of italics (underscores)
    12. Use acceptable applications of double quotation marks
    13. Use acceptable applications of single quotation mark
  3. Combine elements of a sentence so the message is stated clearly.
    1. Define the eight parts of speech
    2. Recognize how the various parts of speech function in sentences
    3. Compose sentences showing words playing more than one grammatical role
    4. Recognize subjects
    5. Recognize predicates
    6. Convert fragments into complete sentences
    7. Recognize and correct basic sentence faults such as comma splices
    8. Recognize and correct basic sentence faults such as run-on sentences
    9. Punctuate statements
    10. Punctuate commands
    11. Punctuate questions
    12. Punctuate exclamations
    13. Distinguish between possessive nouns and noun plurals
    14. Use apostrophe construction for animate nouns
    15. Distinguish between descriptive nouns and possessive nouns
    16. Pluralize compound nouns
    17. Pluralize combined ownership nouns
    18. Pluralize organization names
    19. Identify incomplete possessive constructions
    20. Avoid awkward possessives
    21. Identify correct pronoun use in sentences
    22. Use personal pronouns correctly as subjects
    23. Use personal pronouns correctly as objects
    24. Distinguish between personal possessive pronouns and contractions
    25. Choose the correct pronoun in compound constructions
    26. Choose the correct pronoun in comparatives
    27. Choose the correct pronoun in appositives
    28. Use reflexive pronouns correctly
    29. Select the correct pronouns for use with the infinitive to be
    30. Make personal pronouns agree with their antecedents
    31. Eliminate wordy phrases in sentences
    32. Eliminate redundant words in sentences
    33. Use the active voice in writing efficient sentences
    34. Identify unified sentences that avoid excessive detail
    35. Identify unified sentences that avoid extraneous ideas
    36. Identify clear sentences using parallel construction for similar ideas
    37. Place words close to the words they modify
    38. Place phrases close to the words they modify
    39. Place clauses close to the words they modify
    40. Avoid ambiguous pronoun references
    41. Recognize and use concrete words
    42. Use transitional expressions to develop coherency between thoughts
  4. Spell accurately by utilization of spelling rules, mnemonic devices, and phonetic techniques.
    1. Use mnemonics or memory devices
    2. Use rote learning or memorization when necessary
    3. Apply the most common and helpful spelling rules or guidelines, including the ei-ie rule
    4. Apply the most common and helpful spelling rules or guidelines, including word endings guidelines
    5. Apply the most common and helpful spelling rules or guidelines, including rules governing the addition of prefixes and suffixes to words
  5. Acquire a working knowledge of the definitions of frequently used and business-related words.
    1. Define a variety of frequently used words
    2. Define a variety of business-related words
    3. Construct appropriate sentences using a variety of frequently used words
    4. Construct appropriate sentences using a variety of business-related words

COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

1. Major unit examinations 2. Grammar and punctuation quizzes 3. Spelling and vocabulary quizzes 4. Daily assignments 5. Comprehensive final examination

ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT:

Any student who has a documented disability and wishes to access academic accommodations (per the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disability Act) must contact the HCC Coordinator of Disability Services, at 620-665-3554, or the Student Success Center, Parker Student Union. The student must have appropriate documentation on file before accommodations can be provided.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Education requires integrity and respect for HutchCC's institutional values. HutchCC students are required to maintain honesty through a "responsible acquisition, discovery, and application of knowledge" in all academic pursuits. Preserving and upholding academic honesty is the responsibility of Hut chCC students, faculty, administrators and staff.

I. Student Responsibilities

All HutchCC students are required to:

  • Submit all work in all courses without cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, sabotage, or academic dishonesty as defined below.
  • Provide all academic records such as transcripts and test scores that are free of forgery.
  • Refrain from participating in the academic dishonesty of any person.
  • Use only authorized notes and student aids.
  • Use technology appropriately, including refraining from submitting AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated work without express written consent from your instructor.
  • Protect the security of passwords/login/privacy/electronic files, and maintain sole individual access for any online course information.

II. Definition of Academic Dishonesty

  • Academic dishonesty is any intentional act, or attempted act, of cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, or sabotage in academic work.
  • Cheating includes using unauthorized materials of any kind, whether hard copies, online, or electronic, such as unapproved study aids in any academic work, copying another student's work, using an unauthorized "cheat sheet" or device, or purchasing or acquiring an essay online or from another student.
  • Fabrica tion is the invention or falsification of any information or citation in any academic work, such as making up a source, providing an incorrect citation, or misquoting a source.
  • Plagiarism is the representation of words, ideas and other works that are not the student's own as being original to the student. A no n-inclusive list of examples includes work completed by someone else, work generated by an external entity (such as AI), omitting a citation for work used from another source, or borrowing the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, and/or pattern of thought of work not produced by the student, even though it may be expressed in the student's own words.
  • Dissimulation is the obscuring of a student's own actions with the intention of deceiving others in any academic work, such as fabricating excuses for absences or missed assignments, or feigning attendance.
  • Forgery of academic documents is the unauthorized altering, falsification, misrepresentation, or construction of any academic document, such as changing transcripts, changing grades on papers or on exams which have been returned, forging signatures, manipulating a digital file of academic work, or plagiarizing a translation.
  • Sabotage is any obstruction or attempted obstruction of the academic work of another student, such as impersonating another student, stealing or ruining another student's academic work.
  • Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty is considered as knowingly facilitating any act defined above.
  • Academic honesty violations can also include the omission or falsification of any information on an application for any HutchCC academic program.

III. Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty

Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be subject to academic or administrative consequences.

Instructor Sanctions for Violation:

Students suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy may be charged in writing by their instructor and any of the following may apply:

  • Assign Avoiding Plagiarism Bridge Module
  • Receiving written warning that could lead to more severe sanction if a second offense occurs
  • Revising the assignment/work in question for partial credit
  • Voiding work in question without opportunity for make-up
  • Reducing the grade for work in question
  • Lowering the final course grade
  • Failing the work in question

Institutional Sanctions for Violation:

Students charged with academic dishonesty, particularly in instances of repeated violations, may further be subjected to an investigation and any of the following may apply:

  • Instructor recommendation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) to dismiss the student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA to dismiss student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs with a grade of 'F." Student will not be allowed to take a 'W' for the course
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA that the student be suspended and/or dismissed from the program
  • Student barred from course/program for a set period of time or permanently
  • May be recommended by the instructor (after documented repeated offenses) to the VP AA that the student be placed on probation, suspended and/or dismissed from the institution.

IV. Procedure

  • Instructor will communicate in writing via the student's HutchCC email account and/or LearningZone email account to the student suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy.  That communication may include sanction(s). Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • For each violation, the instructor will submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form to the Department Chair. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation form.
  • Should the instructor choose to pursue institutional sanctions, the instruct or shall notify the student in writing via the student's HutchCC email account.  Instructor shall also submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form and all prior completed forms regarding said student to the Department Chair and the office of the VPAA with recommendation to proceed with specific Institutional Sanctions. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • The decision of the VPAA on Institutional Sanction is final. The VPAA will notify the student's academic advisor of any institutional sanctions.

V. Due Process Rights

Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

Academic Honesty Appeal Process

I. Due Process Rights: Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

  • If an instructor has recommended course or program dismissal, the student may continue in coursework (provi ding there are no threatening or security behavioral issues) until appeal processes are concluded. However, if an issue has been documented at a partnership location (e.g., clinical sites, secondary institutions, correctional or military facilities), then the student is no longer eligible to continue participation in internships, apprenticeships, and/or clinical-based practice. For clinical sites, this sanction is immediate.

II. Process

If the student disagrees with the charge of a violation of academic honesty, the student has the right to due process as described in the Academic Honesty Appeal process below:

  • If the matter is not resolved upon communicating with the instructor about the violation, the student shall, within five business days of the issuance of the written notice of violation, submit a completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the appropriate department chairperson to initiate an Academic Honesty Appeal.
  • Within two business days of receiving the student's completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form, the Department Chair and VPAA will review and the VPAA will render a decision.
  • Within two business days, a response will be sent to the student's HutchCC email address. The VPAA's decision is final.

INCOMPLETE GRADE:

Instructors may give a student a grade of Incomplete (I) under the following conditions:

  1. The student must initiate the request prior to the time final course grades are submitted to Records.
  2. The request must be made because of an emergency, illness or otherwise unavoidable life-event.
  3. The instructor must agree to the request before a grade of Incomplete can be submitted.
  4. A written contract between the instructor and student, signed by both, will document the work required and date needed to complete course work.
  5. If a student does not complete the course requirements within the time frame established by the instructor, a grade of "F" will be recorded on the student's transcript at the end of the next semester.

HLC ACCREDITATION:

Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Higher Learning Commission is one of six regional institutional accreditors recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Last Revised: 05/07/2018