Communications, B.A.

Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

The following goals and learning outcomes have been established for students pursuing a degree in communications.

Functional knowledge

• Demonstrate skills and knowledge for entry into professional practice and/or advanced academic programs

Critical thinking and research skills

• Apply critical thinking, research, and analysis to meet personal, scholarly, and professional goals

Written and oral proficiencies

• Demonstrate written and oral proficiency appropriate to the entry level of professional practice

Information technology skills

• Demonstrate effective use of communications tools and technologies appropriate to the entry level of professional practice

Theoretical foundations of communications

• Apply appropriate concepts, models, and theories of communications to personal and professional situations

Diversity awareness

• Exhibit sensitivity to diversity through communications practices

Historical, legal and ethical foundations of communications

• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of historical, legal, and ethical issues that affect professional practices