Students:
- Our popular Business English strand can accommodate the needs and interests of students just getting a start in business studies to advanced students, paraprofessionals, and professionals in the field.
- Many courses have multiple levels to meet student target goals, backgrounds, and proficiency
Skills:
Courses provide the opportunity to improve and refine both language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and business communication:
- business vocabulary
- business letters and memos
- negotiation and mediation
- interviewing
- formal and informal presentations (oral and written)
- participation in meetings and other business settings
- business social skills / soft skills
- case study analysis
- intercultural communication issues
- innovation, social entrepreneurship, and other hot topics
Courses:
In-person
- CW 22D: Listening and Speaking- Intensive Practice (2 units)
- CW 22E: Conflict Resolution Skills (2 units)
- CW 23E: Conflict Resolution Communication Skills (3 units)
- CW 23F: Academic and Public Speaking (3 units)
- CW 42L: Successful Job Search and Interviewing Skills (2 units)
- CW 42J: Business Vocabulary (2 units)
- CW 42K: Writing for Digital Media (2 units)
- CW 42N: Pronunciation (2 units)
- CW 43B: Business English (3 units)
- CW 51C: American Language and Culture: Business and Social Entrepreneurship (1 unit)
Online*
- CW 42B: Business English – Oral Communication (2 units)
- CW 42E: Communication Skills for Conflict Resolution (2 units)
- CW 42K: Writing for Digital Media (2 units)
- CW 42L: Successful Job Search and Interviewing Skills (2 units)
- CW 42N: Pronunciation (2 units)
- CW 42Q: Business English: Written Communication (2 units)
- CW 52D: Social Media, Culture, and Controversies (2 units)
- CW 52E: AI, Culture, and Controversies (2 units)
- CW 52M: Language, Business, and Human Rights (2 units)
* Courses are open to native and multilingual speakers of English.
Not Offered in 2026
- CW 33J: Language, Culture, and Consumerism (3 units)
- CW 42G: Introduction to Technical Writing (2 units)
- CW 52C American Culture and Consumerism (2 units)