Summer Enrollment is Open! Courses begin June 23, 2025.

Business Communications

MGMT X 109

In the business world, writing clear, concise and comprehensible copy is critical to success. For those with limited business experience, this course provides the opportunity to improve communication in a business setting.

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Fall
Winter
Spring
Online
In Person
Starting at $855.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Practice strategies to overcome writer's block
  • Create concise, appropriate, and grammatically correct work
  • Practice editing and writing letters, memos, reports, email messages, summaries, resumes, and cover letters
  • Learn vocabulary development, using correct grammar and punctuation, techniques for reducing writing time, and proofreading

About this course:

Communication, whatever method used, needs to inform. In the business environment, writing clear, concise and comprehensible copy is critical to success. In this course, learn techniques for clarifying purpose, understanding readers and organizing ideas. Through in-class writing exercises, you practice proven strategies for overcoming writer's block and creating concise, appropriate and grammatically correct work. Practice exercises include editing and writing letters, memos, reports, email messages, summaries, resumes and cover letters. Additionally, you learn vocabulary development, correct grammar and punctuation, techniques for reducing writing time and proofreading. Transferable for UC credit.

Summer 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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This section has no set meeting times.
Available
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Instructor: Laura Jacobus
403277
Fee:
$855.00
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Notes

Internet access required. 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after July 06, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: Business Communication: Process and Product by Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Loewy

Fall 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:00PM - 9:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 28, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Jessica Copen
404440
Fee:
$905.00
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Location: UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
Notes

Internet access required. No meeting Monday, May 26, 2025 because UCLA & UCLA Extension are closed for Memorial Day.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 05, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: HBR Guide Better Business Writing by Bryan A. Garner
Schedule
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Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Sep 23, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Sep 30, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Oct 7, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Oct 14, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Oct 21, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Oct 28, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Nov 4, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Nov 18, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Nov 25, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Dec 2, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center
Lecture
Tue Dec 9, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center

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