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BA COMMUNICATION

1. Knowledge:
   1. Critical understanding of theory, methodology, and application
   2. Ability to explain key concepts and foundations of the field
   3. Understanding of the key patterns of communication in dyadic, group, organizational, public, media, and cultural contexts
2. Proficiency:
   1. Demonstrated ability to evaluate salient communication issues (analytical skills)
   2. Demonstrated ability to speak and write clearly in public and academic forums (performance skills)
   3. Demonstrated ability to critically analyze the content of communication as part of quantitative and qualitative research (critical thinking)
   4. Demonstrated ability to develop practical or innovative solutions to social conflict (practical/creative thinking)
3. Engagement:
   1. Demonstrated ability to identify communication challenges for living in a globalized world
   2. Demonstrated appreciation of human diversity and intersectionality in the world
   3. Cultivated interest in knowing about other cultures
   4. Refined interest in the fight for social justice
4. Professional Development:
   1. Demonstrated awareness of the ways people in different cultures and socio-organizational contexts make sense of life, communicate and conduct business
   2. Apply communication skills to career goals
   3. Demonstrated ability to read and write about social interactions
   4. Enhance teamwork capacity
5. Transformation:
   1. Demonstrated ability to analyze the connections between the interdisciplinary theoretical learning and human experiences in everyday life, in written and oral forms
   2. Demonstrated ability to educate others about the complexity of communication in personal and public life
   3. Development of a learning plan for self-directed life-long learning