All CMU baccalaureate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking, communication fluency, quantitative fluency, and specialized knowledge/applied learning.
In addition to these campus-wide student learning outcomes, Mass Communication graduates will be able to:
- Apply specific paradigms for critical thinking to mass communication. (Critical Thinking)
- Evaluate and apply diversity, objectivity, and balance to any form of mass communication. (Critical Thinking)
- Justify the decision for resolving moral or ethical mass communication dilemmas. (Specialized Knowledge)
- Write a compelling content that demonstrates proper grammar, well-organized facts, and story-telling techniques for a variety of media. (Communication Fluency)
- Determine validity of sources and research techniques. Additionally, they will be able to interpret data. (Quantitative Fluency)
- Evaluate mass communication theories and assess their use. (Specialized Knowledge)
- Demonstrate proper application of industry tools and techniques common to mass communication. (Applied Learning)
- Determine the best methods and strategies for developing a message. (Communication Fluency)
- Reflect on and respond to ethical, social, civic, and/or environmental challenges at local, national, and/or global levels. (Personal and Social Responsibility)
- Find relevant sources of information, evaluate information critically, and apply information appropriately and effectively to specific purposes. (Information Literacy)