Student Learning Objectives
The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications is one of the nation’s few programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, meaning that we strive to excel at the following curricular learning objectives:
- understand and apply First Amendment principles and the law appropriate to professional practice;
- demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping communications;
- demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of groups in a global society in relationship to communications;
- understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information;
- work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity;
- think critically, creatively and independently;
- conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in which they work;
- write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve;
- critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness;
- apply basic numerical and statistical concepts;
- apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work.
View the Fall 2008 Student Learning Objectives Class Matrix.
Read the 2007-2008 assessment report.