Written: Graduates write clear, coherent, and audience-appropriate texts.
Visual: Graduates employ appropriate techniques and technologies to create visual media that conveys complex ideas and messages.
Spoken: Graduates use speech to articulate ideas and engage audiences, and are able to adapt to various speaking contexts.
Multimodal: Graduates integrate written, visual, and spoken communication to create multimedia content that enhances message clarity, impact, and reach.
Making Meaning
Critical Inquiry: Graduates draw on critical thinking and critical making skills to analyze and evaluate media representation and messaging.
Intersectional Framework: Graduates use intersectional frameworks attentive to cultural and historical contexts to interpret and create media in ways that foster inclusivity and cultural literacy.
Audience: Graduates identify, understand, and effectively communicate across diverse target audiences, adapting strategies to engage and resonate with specific groups.
Professional Engagement
Responsibility: Graduates will learn, apply, and critically evaluate best practices within their respective professions using the appropriate ethical codes and/or legal considerations.
Strategy: Graduates will apply communication strategies across various professional contexts with an emphasis on application, evaluation, iteration, and reflection.
Adaptation: Graduates will demonstrate currency with evolving technologies and industry trends, adapting their communication skills and strategies accordingly.
