Name: Katrina Zalatan
Title: Teaching Professor, Director - Philip Rauch Center for Business Communication
College/Department: College of Business/Management
Course: BUS 203 - Business Communication II
Student Enrollment: 450
Proposal: In BUS 203, students refine their application of the business-writing competencies they learned in Business Communication I (BUS 003). Students are expected to submit original written work, and up until this point, the use of Generative AI has been prohibited. However, course evaluations reveal that students are using AI, despite the restrictions and moreover, the College of Business theme for 2025-26 will be "AI at Work: Redesigning Business and Workforce for Innovation and Productivity." This collaboration with CITL aims to give students hands-on experience using various Gen AI tools to improve their writing. Students will also learn more about the larger context, capabilities, and limitations of Gen AI tools, including how and why workplaces may vary in their adoption of Gen AI for communication purposes.
CITL/I&O Collaborators: Jeremy Mack, Jim Monek, Rob Weidman