COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: BUSINESS ENGLISH
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
BUS 108 E 2 4 0 0 4 5
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: Ada Cara , 9:00-12:00 Mondays and Tuesdays
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time: Mondays, A130 12:30-14:15; Wednesdays, A126, 13:30-15:15
Course Description: Business English: The central basis of the course is to consolidate students' academic approach to thinking, reading, speaking and writing and language usage. In addition, the course also aims to develop the students' abilities to synthesize and evaluate information and conduct basic, independent research.
Course Objectives: Students in Business English (BUS 108) will be able to create business documents, including letters, emails, CV's, and reports, will be able to correctly use a range of business terms in English, and will have practice in engaging in conversations in business English.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction; book review guidelines; CV and job application guidelines
2 Book review writing; simulation interviews
3 Accounting and financial statements; exchange rates
4 Bonds; stocks and shares; management; work and motivation
5 Company structure; managing across cultures; recruitment; women in business
6 Different sectors of the economy; production; logistics; current events
7 Quality; products; review for midterm
8 Midterm exam
9 Marketing; advertising; current events
10 Banking; venture capital; derivatives; market structure and competition
11 Takeovers; government and taxation; the business cycle; corporate social responsibility
12 Efficiency and employment; international trade; economics and ecology; stock exchange outcomes
13 Book review presentations
14 Book review presentations; review for final exam; debrief semester
Prerequisite(s): ENG 109
Textbook: MacKenzie, I. (2010). English for business studies: A course for Business studies and economics students (3rd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage: For research, writing, and presentations
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Students will develop business vocabulary in English
2 Students will be able to craft a CV and cover letter and conduct and interview for a job in English
3 Students will be able to critically read and discuss literature in business and economics
4 Students will be able to competently interact using spoken business English
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Banking and Finance (3 years) Program
1 The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in banking and finance but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way. 5
2 They have knowledge about the finance and banking. 5
3 They have knowledge about the money and banking. 5
4 They have knowledge about the international finance and banking. 5
5 They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in banking and finance. 5
6 They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in banking and finance department. 5
7 They have necessary banking and finance skills that needed in private and public sector. 5
8 They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, finance economics, public finance, corporate finance, finance management, international finance markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international finance and banking, money and banking, international trade and banking. 5
9 They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in banking and finance. 5
10 They are aware of the fact that banking and finance is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics. 5
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Homework
1
6
Midterm Exam(s)
1
10
Term Paper
1
34
Final Exam
1
40
Other
1
10
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 4 64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 2 32
Mid-terms 1 5 5
Assignments 2 8 16
Final examination 1 5 5
Other 1 3 3
Total Work Load:
125
Total Work Load/25(h):
5
ECTS Credit of the Course:
5