English 420Y - Business Writing Online

I expect that this course will help prepare me for what I will have to deal with writing on a daily basis in the corporate world. Since many other classes have emphasized the resume I expect only a brief review before we move on to other topics. I expect the grading in the course to be very clear and that we will be able to check our progress periodically. In other courses I have been able to view my participation grade at least two or three times during the semester to see if it is satisfactory. Something like that would work out great because so much of this grade rides on participation. I also am looking for feedback to what I write and post to the weblog so that I know how I am progressing in the course. This will help me improve my future assignments and work in the real world. I have never been the strongest writer so this is an area I really need to work on. I would hope that I improve my overall writing substantially at the end of the course as well as address specific instances that I may face when I am hired for my first full time job. Since I know that writing is one of my weaknesses I will use this class to try to catch up on some of the writing skills that I have missed in the passed as well as apply them to what I will be doing in my future career. That is one reason that I think I have never been successful before in writing, I never found the relevance to my job. Now that it has become more clear that I will need to improve my writing if I want to be respected and move up in my company I will pay proper attention to this topic.