Academic and Business Writing – Open Elective English – For MU First Year Semester 2 | Dr. Swati Bhise, Dr Ramkishan Bhise | Nirali Prakashan

Unit 1 – Academic Writing     

(A)  Academic Writing: Definition, Types, Characteristics

(B)  Process of Developing an Idea:

• Sourcing information: Primary sources (e.g. Surveys), Secondary sources (Print, Digital).
• Structuring and sequencing.
• Editing and Proof-reading.

(C)  Writing an academic review: Review of book/film/web-series.

(D)  What is Plagiarism and how to avoid it?

• Importance of Citation: In-text citation, footnotes, endnotes.
• How to write a Bibliography?

Unit 2 – Business Writing                                                   

(A)  Business Writing: Definition, Types, Characteristics.

(B)  Writing Effective Resumes:

• difference between resume, CV and bio-data.
• styles of resumes.
• keywords in resume writing.
• covering letter.

(C)  Writing and Responding to Business Emails:

• Enquiries, Orders, Complaints, Adjustments.

(D)  Drafting a Business Proposal.