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Goals for a Communication Arts Major or Minor

In successfully completing a major or minor in Communication Arts
a student will:

  • Learn to create and deliver articulate, reasoned, and ethical messages within a variety of communication contexts.
  • Enhance their ability to critically evaluate persuasive messages.
  • Explore the diverse intellectual underpinnings of human communication inquiry.
  • Gain sensitivity to the multicultural dimensions of communication within and across modern U.S. and global societies.
  • Achieve the skills necessary to function as mindful, creative and responsible citizens who appreciate the ambiguity of diverse communication situations.
  • Develop an understanding of how communication theory and practice inform other liberal arts disciplines.
    Our goals are the same for students pursuing majors and minors with the recognition that minors will not attain the depth of study in the discipline afforded majors.