The training materials include an online index for continued use of the reference tools after the course is finished. Course materials remain online for the duration of the course and may be purchased after the course is finished.

PREREQUISITES

No severe basic writing skills problems.

TUITION

$147 if you enroll for the course alone. $127 if you also enroll for BWC95: Basic Writing Essentials at the same time.

TEXT

All materials are online.

DURATION

Approximately 12 to 18 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within two months. If you enroll for both BWC85 and BWC95, you have four months to complete both courses in any order. You may have a one-time extension of a month for each course if you need the extra time to finish.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace.

 

The course is not designed for the average business person who has usage problems. It is for the business person who already has good language skills, but would like to learn the grammar rules well enough to polish his or her own writing and even edit or proofread others' writing.

Alternative courses:

If you have usage problems in your writing, we recommend the individualized course in which you learn only the usage rules that pertain to specific problems you display. The course is the Basic Writing Skills Tutorial course.

If you have few usage problems but would like to learn to proofread your writing better and would like to have a general survey of the grammar rules without learning them in-depth, we recommend the Editing, Polishing, and Proofreading Your Business Writing course. It explains the most important grammar rules briefly and teaches basic proofreading skills.

List of usage areas covered in the Basic Grammar for Business course:

Developing clear, correct sentences
1. Combining sentences
   
2. Avoiding dangling and misplaced modifiers
   
3. Using adverbs correctly
   
4. Using modifiers correctly
   
5. Avoiding passive voice

   Using punctuation correctly

6. Using apostrophes correctly
   
7. Using semicolons correctly
   
8. Using periods after polite questions
   
9. Using dashes correctly
   
10. Using quotation marks correctly
    
11. Using colons correctly
    
12. Avoiding comma overuse
    
13. Commas with who and which
    
14. Commas in a series
    
15. Commas with parenthetical elements
    
16. Commas with introductory elements
    
17. Commas with dates
    
18. Commas with coordinating conjunctions
    
19. Commas with conjunctive Adverbs
    
20. Commas with conjunctions
    
21. Commas with restrictive and non-restrictive clauses
    
22. Commas with appositives

    Using other usage skills correctly

23. Capitalizing correctly
    
24. Using numbers correctly
    
25. Keep constructions parallel
    
26. Using "who" and "whom" correctly

    Proofreading effectively

27. Proofreading principles
    
28. Proofreading techniques

PREREQUISITES

Basic command of the English language. Consistent problems in usage.

TUITION

$375 (includes a grammar textbook)

TEXTS

Grammar textbook

DURATION

13 lessons, approximately 26 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

The course helps trainees learn new patterns to replace the old by using their own sentences as examples. The teaching, practice, and tests are based on the trainee's own writing as much as possible. It is highly individualized. The instructor carefully evaluates five writing samples and prescribes study and practice based on the trainee's unique needs. Trainees work on only the specific skills they need to learn.

The skills evaluated and taught are not limited to these, but most business writers need training in these areas:

• Abbreviations • Adverbs • Affect - Effect • Apostrophes to Show Possession • Articles • Bolding • Capitalization • Colloquialisms • Colons • Commas and Periods with Quotation Marks • Comma Overuse • Commas in a Series • Commas with "However," "Therefore," "Thus" • Commas with Coordinate Adjectives • Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions • Commas with Dates, States, Addresses, and Numbers • Commas with Introductory Elements • Commas with Nonrestrictive Appositives • Commas with Nonrestrictive Elements • Commas with Parenthetical Elements • Commonly Confused Word Pairs • Conciseness • Consistency • Contractions

• Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers • Ellipses • Errors Unique to My Writing • Formatting • Fragment Sentences • Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles • Hyphens and Dashes • Hyphens with Compound Adjectives • Hyphens with Numbers • Hyphens with Prefixes and Compound Words • Idioms and Word Usage • Lists • Modal Auxiliary Verbs • Mood Shift • Number (Singular or Plural) • Numbers Format • Omitting Space or Inserting Too Much Space • Parallelism in Lists and Sentences • Parentheses • Passive Voice • Periods • Plurals • Prepositions • Pronoun Reference • Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

• Pronouns • Proofreading • Questions • Quotation Marks • Run-on Sentences • Run-ons Using "Therefore," "However" • Semicolons • Simple Sentence Structures • Simple Vocabulary • Slashes • Spelling • Subject/Verb Agreement • Tense Endings • Tense Shifts • Tense • "There," "Their," and "They're," • Using Case Correctly • Using Key Words • "Whom," "That," and "Which" • Word Choice • Word Omitted • Word Unnecessary • Wordiness • Wording Problems

PREREQUISITES

Basic command of the English language.

TUITION

$415 (includes a grammar textbook)

TEXTS

Grammar textbook

DURATION

Five writing samples, approximately 24 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

The course uses the lessons from the Business Writing Skills course without the 12 practice activities. The time the trainee would have spent on the practice activities is devoted to the grammar training in BWC310.

The training materials include an online index for continued use of the reference tools after the course is finished. Course materials remain online for the duration of the course and may be purchased after the course is finished.

PREREQUISITES

No severe basic writing skills problems.

TUITION

$295

TEXT

All materials are online.

DURATION

Approximately 30 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

CONTENT

Plan the Report

1. Set goals.
2. Know your readers.
3. Choose strategies based on the goals and readers.

Competency Examination 1
Submit a report.

Prepare Your Notes

4. Learn how to overcome writer's block.
5. Prepare notes for your report.

Organize the Writing

6. Have an organizational pattern in mind.
7. Use special organizational patterns for some messages.

Introduce the Content

8. Write a clear, complete report introduction.
9. State the contents of the report.
10. State conclusions and recommendations in the introduction.

Present Explanations in Blocks

11. Write the explanations in blocks.
12. Keep explanations of a subject together in one block.
13. Check each block for focus.
14. Check each block for completeness.
15. Open each block with a statement of the contents.
16. Use headings to open blocks.
17. Bold field or data names to identify them as blocks.

Competency Examination 2
Submit a report.

Present Lists Clearly

18. Create lists.
19. Open list blocks.
20. Mark the list items clearly.
21. Keep list items in a single list.
22. Keep list items in the same format.
23. Present information in tables when possible.
24. Consider information blueprinting to be explicit.

Competency Examination 3
Submit a report.

Write Clear, Complete Explanations

25. Write to build conclusions in the reader's mind.
26. For reports, write clear, complete, relevant explanations.
27. Use key words consistently.
28. Fully explain each new concept word or phrase.
29. Use full phrases to define words clearly.

Write Conclusions that Have Impact

30. Write a conclusion that achieves your goals.

Competency Examination 4
Submit a report.

Write Clear, Effective Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words

31. Use paragraphs to organize information.
32. Write concisely.
33. Combine sentences to show relationships.
     Separate sentences to make them clearer.
34. Write clear, simple, straightforward sentences.
35. Write strong, direct sentences.
36. Write clearly and simply for non-technical readers.
37. Use words the reader will understand.

Prepare a Polished, Correct Final Draft

38. Use your spell checker and grammar checker.
39. Proofread.

Competency Examination 5
Submit a report.

PREREQUISITES

No severe usage problems

TUITION

$295

TEXTS

All course materials are online.

DURATION

The course has 39 skill guidelines. It requires approximately 26 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

CONTENT

Plan the Report

1. Set goals.
2. Know your readers.
3. Choose strategies based on the goals and readers.

Competency Examination 1
Submit an actual work report.

Prepare Your Notes

4. Learn how to overcome writer's block.
5. Prepare notes for your report.

Organize the Writing

6. Have an organizational pattern in mind.
7. Use special organizational patterns for some messages.

Introduce the Content

8. Write a clear, complete report introduction.
9. State the contents of the report.
10. State conclusions and recommendations in the introduction.

Present Explanations in Blocks

11. Write the explanations in blocks.
12. Keep explanations of a subject together in one block.
13. Check each block for focus.
14. Check each block for completeness.
15. Open each block with a statement of the contents.
16. Use headings to open blocks.
17. Bold field or data names to identify them as blocks.

Competency Examination 2
Submit an actual work report.

Present Lists Clearly

18. Create lists.
19. Open list blocks.
20. Mark the list items clearly.
21. Keep list items in a single list.
22. Keep list items in the same format.
23. Present information in tables when possible.
24. Consider information blueprinting to be explicit.

Competency Examination 3
Submit an actual work report.

Write Clear, Complete Explanations

25. Write to build conclusions in the reader's mind.
26. For reports, write clear, complete, relevant explanations.
27. Use key words consistently.
28. Fully explain each new concept word or phrase.
29. Use full phrases to define words clearly.

Write Conclusions that Have Impact

30. Write a conclusion that achieves your goals.

Competency Examination 4
Submit an actual work report.

Write Clear, Effective Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words

31. Use paragraphs to organize information.
32. Write concisely.
33. Combine sentences to show relationships.
     Separate sentences to make them clearer.
34. Write clear, simple, straightforward sentences.
35. Write strong, direct sentences.
36. Write clearly and simply for non-technical readers.
37. Use words the reader will understand.

Prepare a Polished, Correct Final Draft

38. Use your spell checker and grammar checker.
39. Proofread.

Competency Examination 5
Submit an actual work report

PREREQUISITES

No severe usage problems

TUITION

$295

TEXTS

All course materials are online.

DURATION

The course has 37 skill guidelines. It requires approximately 30 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

The course teaches the researcher how to decide what information is pertinent and how to summarize or synthesize the information into a coherent presentation without interjecting bias.

CONTENT

Diagnostic 1: Initial diagnosis of writing ability

Lesson 1: The client and audience

Lesson 2: Objectives and specifications for the research report

Lesson 3: Methods of filtering and recording information

Lesson 4: Facts, conclusions, inferences, and judgments

Lesson 5: Paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing, and filtering objectively

Diagnostic 2: Writing objectively

Lesson 6: Organizing

Lesson 7: Using guideposts for clarity

Diagnostic 3: Synthesizing and organizing

Lesson 8: Writing clearly

Lesson 9: Bibliographic methods

Diagnostic 4: Complete sample report

Lesson 10: Editing

Lesson 11: Writing concisely

Lesson 12: Research report format and publishing

Lesson 13: Proofreading

Diagnostic 5: Final complete report

PREREQUISITES

Basic library research skills; no severe usage problems

TUITION

$315 (includes a bibliography style manual)

TEXTS

Bibliography style manual

DURATION

13 lessons, approximately 26 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. You may have a one-time two-month extension if you need the time to finish the course.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace, as long as you finish them within six months.

The course uses the same training materials as the Business Writing Skills course, but without the practice activities. The trainer evaluates four competency examinations. The reduced trainer time results in the reduced tuition. As with all other Business Writing Center courses, trainees still have unlimited access to the instructor to ask questions during the course.

PREREQUISITES

Basic command of the English language with no serious usage problems.

TUITION

$147 if you enroll for the course alone. $127 if you also enroll for BWC85: Basic Grammar Essentials at the same time.

TEXT

All text materials are online.

DURATION

Approximately 12 to 18 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within two months. If you enroll for both BWC85 and BWC95, you have four months to complete both courses in any order. You may have a one-time extension of a month for each course if you need the extra time to finish.

ENROLLMENT AND START DATES

Enrollment is currently open. Fill out the registration form at

http://www.hrtraininguniversity.com/BRCenter/Registration.php . Your syllabus will be online as soon as possible after registration is finished. Complete lessons at your own pace.

The training materials include an online index for continued use of the reference tools after the course is finished. Course materials remain online for the duration of the course and may be purchased after the course is finished.