INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Department of Management
2013-2014
SYLLABUS |
Code |
Name |
Level |
Year |
Semester |
BUS 105 |
Business English |
Undergraduate |
1 |
Fall |
Status |
Number of ECTS Credits |
Class Hours Per Week |
Total Hours Per Semester |
Language |
|
4 |
|
258 |
English |
Instructor |
Assistant |
Coordinator |
Nataša TANDIR, Assist. Prof. Dr. |
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Nataša TANDIR, Assist. Prof. Dr. |
[email protected] |
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no email |
COURSE OBJECTIVE |
The course aims at developing fluency and accuracy in using Business English with the help of essential business content: basic structures and vocabulary, authentic reading and listening texts (e.g. newspaper articles, interviews, etc.), business reports and case studies. It covers the most important areas of management, production, marketing, finance and macroeconomics. Aims of this course are to develop comprehension of business and economic texts and provide students with opportunities to express business concepts, analysis critics and ability to discuss business ideas. |
COURSE CONTENT |
- The Importance of Oral and Written Communication in Business; Writing Numbers, Capitalization of Words, Usage of Abbreviations
- How to make and perform good presentation
- Management an Art or a Science?
- Company Structure
- Work and Motivation
- Recruitment - writting Job Applications, CV/ Resume
- Preparation for Mid term exam
- Economics and Ecology; Business Ethics
- Production, Product Policy, Marketing
- Accounting and Financial Statements; Banking
- The Role of Government
- Presentations of Virtual Assistant Projects
- Presentations of Virtual Assistant Projects
- Preparation for the Final Exam
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Description |
- Lectures
- Presentation
- Assignments
- Case Studies
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Description (%) |
Homework | | 10 | Project | | 10 | Midterm Exam(s) | | 30 | Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
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Learning outcomes |
- Comprehension of business and economic terms
- Fluency and accuracy in business correspondence
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TEXTBOOK(S) |
- MacKenzie, Ian, English for Business Studies, 3rd ed., Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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ECTS (Allocated based on student) WORKLOAD |
Lecture (14 weeks x Lecture hours per week) | 4 | 64 | 256 | Laboratory / Practice (14 weeks x Laboratory/Practice hours per week) | | | 0 | Midterm Examination (1 week) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Final Examination(1 week) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Preparation for Midterm Examination | | | 0 | Preparation for Final Examination | 5 | | 0 |
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