Learning Outcomes for the BS in Communication Studies

Learning Outcomes

Communication Skills

LO 1: Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, context, and community.

Graduates of the program will:

• Demonstrate cultural competency and literacy to communicate effectively with diverse groups.
• Have proficiency in oral, written, digital, and mediated communication.

Communication Analysis

LO 2: Apply theories and concepts for making sense of communication and culture.

Graduates of the program will:

• Demonstrate the ability to investigate social, cultural, and relational issues using a communication lens.
• Utilize communication literacy for problem solving.

Communication Research

LO 3: Develop critical thinking for evaluating, applying, and engaging in communication research.

Graduates of the program will:

• Conduct original or applied research.
• Engage in communication inquiry to address questions and issues that impact community.

Communication Ethics

LO 4: Engage in communication for social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Graduates of the program will:

• Identify the ways in which the structures of power are produced and transformed through communication.
• Engage in analysis, research, and skill building that advance social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.