LMU | LA - Loyola Marymount University

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon and after graduation, a Communication Studies major will:           

(Foundations)

1. Explain, analyze, and critique basic communication theories and principles.
2. Demonstrate ethical approaches to the production, delivery, and analysis of messages across interpersonal, group, organizational, public and global contexts.
3. Assess the needs, interests, and values of an audience.
4. Evaluate argumentative claims and reasoning processes.
5. Support their analyses and arguments with evidence and reasoning.
6. Retain and assess information as active listeners.

(Competencies)

7. Research topics, organize/outline the material, and deliver oral presentations that are designed to influence audience understanding, belief, and action.
8. Research topics, organize/outline the material, and revise written products that are created to influence audience understanding, belief, and action.
9. Research topics, organize/outline the material, and revise visual products that are supported by appropriate evidence and reasoning and are created to influence audience understanding, belief, and action.
10. Utilize electronic technology as a tool for designing and delivering oral, written, and visual messages to influence audience understanding, belief, and action.

(The Research Experience)

11. Utilize electronic technology as a tool for effective research.
12. Evaluate the credibility of evidence and sources of information.
13. Demonstrate proper citation of sources.
14. Explain, analyze, and critique the methods used to produce communication research and information in communication and other academic disciplines.
15. Compile information and generate new knowledge through the following research approaches: participant observation, focus group, interviewing, survey, and textual analysis.

(Moving Beyond the Classroom)

16. Demonstrate time-bound problem-solving aptitude.
17. Explain, analyze, and critique a variety of everyday communicative texts.
18. Apply oral, written, visual and electronic communication skills in professional contexts.
19. Explain and assess the communication of power relations, cultural similarities, and cultural differences in intercultural and global contexts.
20. Articulate the relationships among communication, social justice, and ethics by participating, evaluating, and reporting on critical events concerning social justice.