Information Package

Program of Bureau Management and Executive Assistance

BYYA110

BUSINESS WRITING TECHNIQUES

Course Code
BYYA110
Semester
Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 2
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelAssociate Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterSecond Term (Spring)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Understand the principles and rules of correspondence
  2. Write professional correspondences
  3. Write private correspondences
  4. Know and applying official correspondence rules
  5. Know and applying other correspondence types
  6. Improve the skill of ten-toe-typing
  7. Improve the skill of writing the articles having figures in a faultless, orderly manner in a short time.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionBusiness articles, letters, official posts, articles and other special articles written in-house kind of communication as applied at the beginning of the computer to understand.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Explaining the aims and the contents of the course, communication concept, its types, ways and the explanation of the communication tools
2nd Week Correspondence principles and rules
3rd Week The form of professional correspondences, explanation of rules and application writing
4th Week Curriculum vitae explanation and sample preparation. Professional correspondences, letter types
5th Week Circulars, Printed Advertisement Letters, explanation of the Selling, Request and Job Request Letters and practising them.
6th Week Explaining and practising Order, Receipt and thanks, Persistence, Confirmation , Credit, Revenue and payment pursuit, Refusal / Admission letters, preparing examples.
7th Week Explaining private letters (thanks, congratulation, condolence and consolation, invitation, etc.) and preparing the exercises in the given time.
8th Week MIDTERM
9th Week Preparing unofficial notes, memorandums, notices, reference(recommendation) letters
10th Week Official correspondences, formal rules in official correspondences
11th Week Explaining and practising Application, Report, Minutes, Form, Contract, Specification, Note among official correspondence types
12th Week Explaining Müzekkere, Mazbata, Circular, Proxy among official correspondence types, and other official correspondences, having their samples prepared and getting them write the letters to be corrected
13th Week Report preparation techniques
14th Week Report Writing Applications
Recommended or Required Reading1- Yazışma Teknikleri, (Koç,H;Öztoprak,M;)
2- Daktilografi, (Okutkan, M;)EB Yayınları.
3- Yazışma Teknikleri (Yazıcı, R;)
4- Örnekleriyle Mesleki Yazışma Teknikleri, (Tutar, H;).
5- Yazışma Teknikleri, (Altınöz, M; Parıldar, C;)
6- TSE 1390 İş Yazışmaları
7- İmla Klavuzu
8- Türkçe Sözlük
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Practice
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Practice 1 30
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation) 14 4 56
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework
Performance Practice 3 10 30
Total Work Load156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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