Course details
This communication course teaches the business writing skills needed to produce effective business and technical reports: inspection, trip, incident, and progress reports, proposals, feasibility studies, formal reports, oral reports, summaries and graphics. NOTE: Students scoring below "C+" in level 1 COMM are required to take COMM 2003 instead of COMM 2203. To make up for a full-time diploma program level 2 COMM course, students must take both COMM 2202 (or COMM 2002) and COMM 2203 (or COMM 2003). If you have BCIT full-time diploma program level 1 COMM course credit, email cecomm@bcit.ca to apply for approval to register.
Credits
3.0
Cost
$446.99
Course offerings
Spring/Summer 2023
Below are two offerings of COMM 2203 for the Spring/Summer 2023 term.
CRN 26255
Duration
Fri Apr 21 - Fri Jul 07 (12 weeks)
- 12 weeks
- CRN 26255
- $446.99
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Apr 21 - Jul 07 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Jul 07 | Fri | 18:30 - 21:30 | Online |
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Cost
$446.99
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
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RESERVED: Course registration is restricted to students who have achieved a final grade of 70%+ in a 3-credit BCIT COMM 1100-level course or a 3-credit university/college composition course. *(A)*If your final grade is between 50 to 69% in one of the above courses, you can instead take COMM 2003. COMM 2003 and COMM 2203 are fully equivalent/interchangeable; therefore, BCIT will allow you to switch from COMM 2203 to COMM 2003. Upon successful completion of COMM 2003, you will earn 3 credits which will be automatically applied towards your program to replace COMM 2203. No further action is required on your part. *(B)*ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DELIVERY: On the start date of your class (not before), log into learn.bcit.ca to access your course link. You don’t have to be online at exactly the same time as your instructor or classmates (except for the final exam). This is not a self-paced course. You will have specific deadlines to meet for the reading assignments and learning activities. *(C)*FINAL EXAM: You will be required to take the final exam in an online environment on Friday, July 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Online attendance for the final exam beginning at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m. is mandatory.
Status
CRN 25496
Duration
Fri Apr 21 - Fri Jul 07 (12 weeks)
- 12 weeks
- CRN 25496
- $446.99
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Apr 21 - Jul 07 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Jul 07 | Fri | 18:30 - 21:30 | Online |
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Cost
$446.99
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
-
RESERVED: Course registration is restricted to students who have achieved a final grade of 70%+ in a 3-credit BCIT COMM 1100-level course or a 3-credit university/college composition course. *(A)*If your final grade is between 50 to 69% in one of the above courses, you can instead take COMM 2003. COMM 2003 and COMM 2203 are fully equivalent/interchangeable; therefore, BCIT will allow you to switch from COMM 2203 to COMM 2003. Upon successful completion of COMM 2003, you will earn 3 credits which will be automatically applied towards your program to replace COMM 2203. No further action is required on your part. *(B)*ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DELIVERY: On the start date of your class (not before), log into learn.bcit.ca to access your course link. You don’t have to be online at exactly the same time as your instructor or classmates (except for the final exam). This is not a self-paced course. You will have specific deadlines to meet for the reading assignments and learning activities. *(C)*FINAL EXAM: You will be required to take the final exam in an online environment on Friday, July 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Online attendance for the final exam beginning at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m. is mandatory.
Status
Full
This course offering is full. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Plan and write business/technical reports that meet professional standards of organization, style, and presentation.
- Use an appropriate and correct writing style.
- Plan and write reports that effectively present information.
- Identify and analyze problems.
- Propose and evaluate solutions.
- Use the most effective organizational pattern for various types of informational and analytical reports.
- Make correct and effective use of graphics and illustrations in reports.
- Write a persuasive proposal.
- Follow appropriate conventions in preparing and packaging a formal report.
- Prepare and deliver an informative and persuasive oral report.
- Critically evaluate information to determine if it is accurate, relevant, and complete, and to use critical thinking to develop strong arguments.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2016
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