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ICS Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes for ICS majors include:

Communication Studies, B.A. in Applied Communication 

Demonstrate:

  1. Engage in communication inquiry by gathering and analyzing information from a diverse set of sources.
  2. Create clear messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context.
  3. Analyze one’s own cultural identity and become aware of themselves as a cultural being in relation to others.
  4. Summarize the broad nature of the communication discipline.
  5. Accurately summarize and interpret data using appropriate data collection methods.
  6. Students will construct well-reasoned arguments supported by evidence in their coursework.
  7. Employe communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.

Health Communication, B.A. in Applied Communication 

  1. Identify health issues facing multiple communities;
  2. Adapt health and scientific messages to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
  3. Communicate carefully and clearly in a variety of media, including: oral presentations, written documents, social media, and visual platforms;
  4. Demonstrate intercultural competency and an appreciation for human diversity, difference, and identity;
  5. Explain, interpret, and make an original contribution to health communication research from various ontological and methodological positions;
  6. Develop health messages/campaigns that effectively communicate health messages to those communities.

Integrative Studies, Bachelor of

  1. Integrate content from multiple disciplines and perspectives to develop a holistic understanding of a specific problem or issue;
  2. Find credible sources, evaluate research, and integrate that content into an original scholarly contribution;
  3. Communicate effectively through oral or written channels.

Professional Studies (Liberal Studies), B.A. and B.S.

  1. Identify authentic problems and use creative and critical thinking skills to evaluate various possible solutions;
  2. Analyze information and ideas carefully and logically from multiple perspectives;
  3. Collaborate with others to solve problems;
  4. Communicate clearly for a diverse range of audiences and purposes;
  5. Apply knowledge and methods from different cognate areas.