Formal Email Assignment

Purpose: Write an email to your boss (real or imaginary) asking for tuition reimbursement for this class. Use the course, text descriptions, and the syllabus to prepare your letter.

Context: Assume that you work for an organization that does not have a regular procedure for such a request and thus requires approval beyond your department. Therefore, you will need adequate background information and detail for someone who may not be familiar with your job duties or this request. This correspondence will be most successful if you help your boss see the value of this course to your professional performance.

Audience: Your boss (again, he/she can be real or imaginary). It could be your director or staff manager, someone in the Human Resources department, or an immediate supervisor. Just be sure to address the correspondence appropriately.

Notes: A few other miscellaneous details to keep in mind:

This document should be direct and concise, with only a few paragraphs needed to get the job done; therefore, it should be no more than one page in length.

Assume you will enclose a copy of the course syllabus and your student bill showing charges for the course (you do not actually need to provide these for the assignment, but it should be noted in your message)