Course Syllabus

 

Course Description

This online grammar course will provide you with a comprehensive review of the grammar and writing skills necessary to be successful in your academic and professional life. Learning how to properly use English grammar will not only help you excel in writing academic essays and passing entrance exams, but more importantly, it will help you improve your everyday, work-related writing and email correspondence.

Divided up into 15 easy-to-understand lessons, this grammar course concentrates on usage, the mechanics of a sentence, spelling, and a general review of grammatical problem areas. Each lesson focuses on frequent errors, illustrates concepts with real world examples, suggests strategies, and provides review worksheets, activities, and assignments to ensure skill mastery. Lessons also offer additional study guides for further learning.
 
This course is ideal for all types of students who want to get an edge on taking a high school, college, or a job-related English exam--as well as anyone wishing to update and improve their grammar and writing skills.
  • Completely Online
  • Self-Paced
  • 6 Months to Complete
  • 24/7 Availability
  • Start Anytime
  • PC & Mac Compatible
  • Android & iOS Friendly
  • Accredited CEUs
Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Describe ways to manage your business writing.
  • Describe editing tools used to making your message more accessible to the reader.
  • Summarize basic spelling and punctuation rules.
  • Describe what your tone should be in business writing.
  • Describe how to be politically correct in your business writing.
  • Demonstrate acceptable methods for writing business letters.
  • Demonstrate acceptable methods for writing business memos.
  • Demonstrate how to write acceptable business emails and proper email etiquette.
  • Demonstrate how to correctly write and format resumes and application letters.
  • Describe the three major writing rules when writing for business.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 
 

Assessment Guide

Assessment Points
Lesson 1 Assignment: Introduce Yourself 1 points
Lesson 1 Quiz 7 points
Lesson 2: Assignment: Proposal 10 points
Lesson 2 Quiz 8 points
Lesson 3 Assignment: Start-Up Sheet 25 points
Lesson 3 Quiz 8 points
Lesson 4 Quiz 9 points
Lesson 4 Exam: Verbs 10 points
Lesson 4 Exam: Spelling 20 points
Lesson 4 Exam: Periods 20 points
Lesson 4 Exam: Punctuation 1 15 points
Lesson 4 Exam: Punctuation 2 20 points
Lesson 5 Assignment: Tone 20 points
Lesson 5 Quiz 8 points
Lesson 6 Assignment 20 points
Lesson 6 Quiz 7 points
Assignment 7-1: Sympathy Letter 25 points
Assignment 7-2: Resignation Letter 25 points
Assignment 7-3 Complaint Letter 25 points
Lesson 7 Quiz 9 points
Lesson 8: Practice Exercise 25 points
Lesson 8 Exam 9 points
Lesson 9 Assignment: Practice Exercise 25 points
Lesson 9 Exam 10 points
Lesson 10 Assignment A: Business Notes Writing 25 points
Lesson 10 Exam 10 points
Lesson 11 Assignment 20 points
Assignment 11-1: Meeting Email 25 points
Lesson 11 Quiz 10 points
Lesson 11 Exam Addition 10 points
Lesson 12 Assignment: Email Writing 25 points
Lesson 12 Exam 10 points
Lesson 13: Resume Formats 2 points
Lesson 13 Exam 10 points
Lesson 14 Assignment: Application Letter Writing 25 points
Lesson 14 Exam 8 points
Lesson 15 Exam 11 points
Lesson 16 Exam 10 points
Lesson 17 Exam 10 points
Lesson 18 Exam 10 points
Lesson 19 Exam 10 points
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