UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

Course outline

Course Code: ENG-310 Course Title: Technical and Business Writing

Instructor: Madiha Afzal Semester: 7th

Email: madiha.afzal@uog.edu.pk Office (Room No): R-17

Course Description Functional English which would enable the students to meet their
real life language needs:

Communication Foundations & Challenges

Writing for Business Audience
Business Letter
Workplace Communication Strategies
Index
Brochure
Email & Memo Writing
Proposal Writing
Preparing and Delivering Presentations

Note: The mode of instruction must be in English.

Course Type: Compulsory

(Compulsory/Core/Electi
ve)

Pre-requisites Basic knowledge of English grammar and its usage.

Goals Develop appropriate frameworks for technical writing skills

Evaluate and adapt materials for teaching the subject

Develop appropriate assessment strategies for testing the

students

Text Books Provision of hand outs

Recommended Books Effective Business Communication by Murphy

Essentials of Business Communication by Mary Ellen
 Guffey & Bertha Du-babcock
Basic Communication Skills for Technology by Andrea J.
Rutherfroord
Lectures 32 sessions of 90 minutes each

Attendance Policy A minimum of 70% attendance is required for a student to be

eligible to take the final examination.
The students with less than 70% of the attendance in a course shall
be given the grade SA (Short Attendance) in such a course and
shall not be allowed to take its End Term Exams and will have to
reappear in the course to get the required attendance to be eligible
to sit in the exam when the course is offered the next time.

Grading The course will be evaluated on the basis of the following

percentage:
Mid Term 25%
Sessional 25%
o Presentations 10%
o Listening Test 10%
o Quiz 05%
Final term 50%

Quiz, Listening Excercise

and Presentation According to the decision of instructor
Schedule (tentative)

Session Schedule

Sessions Topic Readings

1&2 Communication Foundations & Challenges
The Importance of Communication Skills, Process
of Communication, Developing Better Listening
skills, Barriers to Effective Listing, Improving
Nonverbal Communication, Cultural Effects on
Communication

3&4 Writing for Business Audience

Writing Process (Pre-writing, writing, revising),
Selection of Communication Channel, Profiling the
Audience, Selection of Language
 5&6 Workplace Communication Strategies
Face to Face Communication, Telephone Skills,
participating in meetings, Constructive Criticism

7&8 Business Letter (lecture)

Business Letter (Practice)

9 & 10 Business Letter (Practice)
Quiz

11 & 12 Index (lecture)

Index (practice)

13 & 14 Brochure (lecture)

Brochure (practice)
15 & 16 Email & Memo Writing (lecture)

Email & Memo Writing (practice)

17 & 18 Midterm Examination

19 & 20 Report Writing (lecture)

Report Writing (Practice)

21 & 22 Report Writing (Practice)

Quiz

23 & 24 Proposal Writing (lecture)

Proposal Writing (Practice)

25 & 26 Proposal Writing (Practice)

Preparing and Delivering Presentations

( introduction)

27 & 28 Presentations

29 & 30 Presentations

31 & 32 Presentations