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沟通计划使命宣言

The 雪的大学 沟通 Department provides students with a high-quality, skills-based 教育. Students gain essential communicative skills with a strong emphasis on communication theory, ethical practice, and cultural understanding. 我们以学生为中心 program aims to prepare students for professional and personal success by ensuring they possess the competencies necessary to make practical and purposeful decisions.

交流项目学习成果

  1. Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
  2. Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and 上下文.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to accomplish communicative 目标 (self-efficacy).

通识教育学习成果

一般 教育 courses offered by the communication department will align with PG电子官方免费下载确立的基本学习成果. 完成学业的学生 general 教育 requirements with courses in communication will learn skills pertaining 到人文(HU)、社会科学(SS)、美术(FA).

Humanities (HU) courses fulfilled through the communication discipline include Introduction to Mass Media (COMM 1500) and Introduction to 沟通 (COMM 1010). 一般 这些课程的教育目标包括:

  • Ask and explore a variety of philosophical and theoretical questions about human thought 和经验.
  • Understand how knowledge is created through the study of language systems.
  • Understand cultural traditions within an historical 上下文 and make connections with 目前的.
  • Write effectively within the Humanities discipline to analyze and form critical and 审美判断.

Social Science (SS) courses fulfilled through the communication discipline include Interpersonal 沟通 (COMM 2110) and Intercultural 沟通 (COMM 2150). 这些课程的通识教育目标包括:

  • Explain social institutions, structures, and processes across a broad range of historical 时期和文化.
  • Develop and communicate hypothetical explanations for individual human behavior.
  • Evaluate contemporary problems using social science research methodology.
  • Describe and analytically compare social, political, economic, cultural, geographical, 以及不同于自己的历史背景和进程.
  • Explain and use the social-scientific method to test research questions and draw conclusions.
  • Write effectively within the social science discipline and communicate about social 科学现象.

Social Science (SS) courses fulfilled through the communication discipline include Interpersonal 沟通 (COMM 2110) and Intercultural 沟通 (COMM 2150). 这些课程的通识教育目标包括:

  • Explain social institutions, structures, and processes across a broad range of historical 时期和文化.
  • Develop and communicate hypothetical explanations for individual human behavior.
  • Evaluate contemporary problems using social science research methodology.
  • Describe and analytically compare social, political, economic, cultural, geographical, 以及不同于自己的历史背景和进程.
  • Explain and use the social-scientific method to test research questions and draw conclusions.
  • Write effectively within the social science discipline and communicate about social 科学现象.

美术 (FA) courses fulfilled through the communication discipline include Public Speaking (COMM 1020) and Oral Interpretation of Literature (COMM 2070). 一般 这些课程的教育目标包括:

  • 阐明创造过程的动态.
  • Provide an informed synopsis of the performing arts in the 上下文s of culture and 通过阅读和解释相关信息来了解历史.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the conceptual and elemental principles fundamental 以各种艺术表现形式进行创作.
  • Exhibit an ability to critically analyze artistic works using appropriate techniques, 词汇和方法论.

项目学习成果

It is important we introduce our new expectations for what students should learn upon 毕业于PG电子官方免费下载传播学专业(1).e.，我们的公共科学图书馆). 维护 our alignment with efforts from the National 沟通 Association, our program learning outcomes were selected from the Association’s pre-established “Learning Outcomes in 沟通” project which served to outline what a general student with a 沟通 degree should know, understand, and be able to do upon graduation. 具体来说,我们 department’s current focus will be to aid students in achieving the following four 学习成果:

Program Learning Outcome 1: Employ Theories, Perspectives and Principles

  • Explain communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
  • Synthesize communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
  • Apply communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
  • Critique communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts

Program Learning Outcome 2: Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose and 上下文

  • Locate and use information relevant to the 目标, audience, purpose, and 上下文s
  • Select creative and appropriate modalities and technologies to accomplish communicative 目标
  • Adapt messages to diverse needs of individuals, groups, and 上下文s
  • Present messages in multiple communication modalities and 上下文s
  • 在沟通的过程中调整信息
  • Critically reflect on one’s own messages after the communication event

Program Learning Outcome 4: Demonstrate the ability to accomplish Communicative Goals

  • Identify 上下文s, situations and barriers that impede communications self-efficacy
  • Perform verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors that illustrate self-efficacy
  • Articulate personal beliefs about abilities to accomplish communication 目标
  • 评估个人沟通的优势和劣势.

Though there are numerous other learning outcomes mentioned in the National 沟通 Association’s project, the list is not meant to be a prescriptive “pass-fail” system 评估一个交流项目的质量. 相反，它是为了协助项目 in developing their learning outcomes for students and standardizing their learning at a national level while also acknowledging the extent each program is unique in 其人员(e).g.教师的专业和愿望)和资源(例如.g., 教师人数、经费). 因此，我们将开始实施三个公共科学图书馆 within our program’s evolving structure as these three learning outcomes are areas wherein our faculty are already excelling with instructing their students; the expectation 它们将被修订(一).e.(扩展)也被理解为我们系的 教师组成继续增长和多样化.