These email courses teaching the best practices for writing clear, effective business email are available from the Business Writing Center. The writing faculty of the Business Writing Center have created the courses using the best practices our research and training have shown result in high-quality, professional business emails.
Writing Clear, Effective Email Course–Self-Study (BWC35)
- Business email writing course for self-motivated learners who don’t want instructor coaching and training
- Email writing training teaching email writing that has impact
- Dozens of interactive exercises on email writing training
- Business email course with many examples of effective business emails
- Online, informative, easy-to-read lessons in writing professional email
- Lessons in the email writing course from first draft to final draft
- Tuition $69
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Syllabus: Writing Business Email Course
The Writing Business Email course is a video self-study course taught by Robert Craig Hogan, PhD, director of the Business Writing Center. You go through the email course at your own pace, watching the videos and answering questions. There is no instructor access or graduation certificate for the Writing Business Email course.
Content of the Writing Business Email Course
Email Etiquette: Know What Is and Is Not Appropriate
Use Short, Clear Sentences and Simple Punctuation Write Concisely
Avoid Clumsy Phrases, Complex Vocabulary, and Stiff Language
Format Your Business Emails for Readability
Proofread Your Business Emails
Write a Clear, Meaningful Subject Line
Write an Informative Beginning to Your Business Emails
Use Headings, Generalizations, and Paragraphs
Write a Cordial, Informative Conclusion to Your Business Emails
Write Enough but Not Too Much
Follow Up
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Writing Effective Business Email Course (BWC350)
- Email course containing the best practices for business email writing
- Taught by a business college PhD professor
- Many business email writing training exercises
- Activities to practice writing email that has impact
- Easy-to-understand email training lessons
- A wide variety of business email writing examples
- Four email writing training examinations
- Writing Effective Business Email course materials stay online after graduation for later reference
- Tuition $295
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Syllabus: BWC350 Writing Effective Workplace Email
The Writing Effective Workplace Email course will teach you how to write clear, well-organized professional email that has the impact you want, motivates your readers to respond as you expect, and accomplishes your business objectives. It presents a highly structured approach to writing business email you can apply to all email.
You will read the core email writing lessons teaching you how to write email that produces results. As you read the lessons, you will write and submit business emails. Your instructor will evaluate the emails, commenting on your use of all business email writing skills as well as those taught specifically in the online business email writing course.
As with the other Business Writing Center courses, the course has online lessons like the lectures in a college course. The materials contain many examples and easy-to-understand explanations. It is self-pacing, so you decide when to work. You send assignments to your instructor attached to an email. Your instructor will evaluate your writing, comment on how well you have learned the skills, and coach you through learning any skills you haven’t mastered.
Course Time: You will go through the course at your own pace, so you could complete it within a few weeks. However, you have up to four months to complete the course so you can fit the study time into your schedule. All lessons must be finished within the four-month period.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Know What Is and Is Not Appropriate
Lesson 2: Use Short, Clear Sentences and Simple Punctuation
Write an E-mail for Examination 1
Lesson 3: Write Concisely
Lesson 4: Avoid Clumsy Phrases, Complex Vocabulary, and Stiff Language
Lesson 5: Format for Readability
Lesson 6: Proofread Your E-mails
Write an E-mail for Examination 2
Lesson 7: Write a Clear, Meaningful Subject Line
Lesson 8: Write an Informative Beginning
Write an E-mail for Examination 3
Lesson 9: Use Headings, Generalizations, and Paragraphs
Lesson 10: Write a Cordial, Informative Conclusion
Write an E-mail for Examination 4
Lesson 11: Write Enough but Not Too Much
Lesson 12: Follow Up
Write an E-mail for Examination 5
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