Learning Outcomes for the M.S. in Professional Communication and Digital Media Arts
- Formulate a career plan and identify specific professional communication and media arts goals related to a position or industry of interest.
- Analyze and evaluate various communication channels, forms, media, messages and presentations frequently employed in professional industries.
- Understand the implications of effective and ineffective communication and media arts practices in professional contexts.
- Self-assess communication and media arts skills to formulate an individualized growth plan to advance the skills needed in industries of interest.
- Create effective communication and media arts artifacts that align with a professional position or industry of interest.
- Design, implement, and present an original workplace project that reflects effective communication, critical thinking, information literacy and research skills necessary in contemporary professional settings.
- Produce a communication and media arts portfolio that showcases artifacts that best represent student skills and mastery of program content related to professions of interest.
Additional STEM learning outcomes:
- Using advanced digital software/tools, create effective digital artifacts aligned with industry.
- Design, implement, and present original workplace artifacts that reflect effective communication, critical thinking, information literacy, and research skills necessary in contemporary settings, particular connection to policy and regulation in applicable industries.