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Program Goals & Student Learning Outcomes

Revised 12/06

 
Goal  
1 Students will communicate ethically, responsibly, and effectively as local, national, international, and global citizens and leaders.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Recognize their ethical responsibility to their community, society, discipline, and profession based on various perspectives and associated standards of ethical communication.
  2. Demonstrate ability to consume communication critically.
  3. Demonstrate intercultural sensitivity.
2 Students will communicate competently in groups and organizations.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Communicate appropriately and effectively within various organizational contexts.
  2. Communicate appropriately and effectively within groups.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to analyze a problem and devise a solution in a group.
3 Students will monitor and model interpersonal communication competence.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Capable of effectively monitoring, analyzing, and adjusting their own communication behavior.
  2. Demonstrate appropriate and effective conflict management strategies.
  3. Capable of addressing perceptual differences in relational communication for effective outcomes.
4 Students will possess skills to effectively deliver formal and informal oral presentations to a variety of audiences in multiple contexts.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to research, analyze, and reason from evidence to reach an effective conclusion or outcome.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to effectively deliver formal presentations before a variety of live audiences.
5 Students will construct effective written messages in various formats and styles, to a variety of audiences.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of written English, including proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
  2. Demonstrate proficiency in formal writing, including correct use of a designated style of source citation, such as APA.
  3. Construct appropriate messages for a variety of contexts/situations.