ENGL 420: Business Writing

This overview of ENGL 420 provides core information about the course for Purdue students, faculty, and academic advisors who have general questions about the course. Questions about a specific section of the course should be directed to the individual instructor.

Catalog Description

This course helps students become better business writers, across a wide range of audiences, for multiple purposes, and in a variety of media. This course engages business-related material with an awareness of audience needs and contexts. It prepares students to address problems in the workplace, social, or global levels.

Sample syllabus: ENGL 420 DIST, Spring 2024. 

Course Outcomes

• Use theories of rhetoric to develop texts, think critically, solve problems, and engage with the needs of diverse audiences.
• Apply data-driven approaches to specific rhetorical contexts, problems, and situations.
• Compose effective, field-specific business documents through a process of analysis and revision.
• Create business documents in collaborative, distributed, and/or networked environments.
• Adapt to workplace specific writing practices.