Elizabethtown College Department of
Communications. (2000). Curriculum (plan) 2000. Unpublished report. Elizabethtown, PA: Author.
Elizabethtown
College
Department of
Communications
Mission Statement
The
Department of Communications provides an educational environment which ensures
students the opportunity to develop professional expertise demonstrating
technical acumen, critical judgment, and individual creativity.
The departmental course of study is designed to
encourage students to integrate their learning with the liberal arts curriculum
of the college and apply their knowledge to a variety of disciplines through
the pursuit of complementary minors and second majors; participation in
co-curricular activities; and the challenge of experiential learning
opportunities.
Enabling Objectives
This
mission is accomplished by:
¥ enabling
the student to evaluate and process learning through the synthesis of concepts
and the creation of new ideas;
¥ enhancing
the studentÕs skills in written, oral, and mediated communication;
¥ enabling
the student to develop an informed idea of design and production and to
effectively use a variety of forms of mediated communication;
¥ providing
the means for the student to acquire program and project management abilities
pertaining to the communications professions including independent and
cooperative endeavors;
¥ promoting
student responsibility, leadership, and service by applying special knowledge
to problems and opportunities within the college and the broader community; and
¥ making available a variety of quality
experiential learning opportunities, on and off campus.
A
balance is sought among personal expectations of the student, theoretical and
pragmatic expectations of the faculty, those of the communications profession,
and the spirit and tradition of a liberal education experience.
The
department recognizes and fosters the value of communications as a basis for
further study in a variety of graduate programs. Students are encouraged to
view learning as a lifelong process.
(Elizabethtown
College Department of Communications.
(2000). Curriculum (plan)
2000. Unpublished report. Elizabethtown, PA: Author.)