学习目标

The program in 沟通 and 媒体研究 is an integral part of 云顶集团's 21st 博雅教育的世纪愿景. 学生们 grounded in media and cultural history and are provided with the means to master 沟通 in contemporary media. They are challenged to develop a critical 的角度来看 and make ethical judgments about 当代和未来的媒体问题. Academic and theoretical classes are supplemented with skills-oriented coursework, applied internships, and research activities.

The program seeks to foster students’ ability to express and communicate ideas, arguments, 历史的发现和创造性的见解. 培养学生的写作技巧 in both analytical and creative contexts, often expressing themselves using emerging 媒体技术. They learn to apply theoretical concepts to creative work and experiential insights about production to their intellectual research. 学生们 encouraged to pursue specific interests in digital media, television and film studies, video and audio production, print, radio and television journalism, photography, public 关系学和流行文化研究. Students also further their career readiness by completing internships in a variety of arenas, including social media, television, radio, public relations, film, and news writing and production.

Students will leave the 沟通 and 媒体研究 program as lifelong learners, ethical and critical problem solvers, innovative and effective creators and communicators across media 形式, and independent intelligent people who view life in historical context, with inclusive multicultural 的角度来看, and with a critical understanding 社会中的权力.

专业学习成果 & 小

At the completion of a major or 小 in 沟通 and 媒体研究 at 云顶集团, 学生将展示以下能力:

1. Recognize and apply foundational historical context from the field of 沟通 and media studies to an examination of the contemporary world.
2. Interpret and evaluate contemporary global culture through a critical framework, to apply theoretical concepts and ethical principles of equity and social justice from within the field of 沟通 and media studies to issues of power, privilege, 和压迫.
3. Implement intellectually developed critical thinking skills, creative and imaginative use of communicative 形式 and technologies, and preparedness for the careers of today 还有未来.
4. Produce work that contributes knowledge and expresses creativity with competent and effective 沟通 skills in media across written, oral, visual, and interactive 形式.

Alignment with institutional learning goals & 结果

Our learning goals include the fostering of critical thinking skills, the ability to historically contextualize material, ethical engagement with the field, and the application of insights about social power, difference, and identity in media and 沟通. We also seek to develop students’ skills to express themselves in writing, video production, and other means in powerful and creative ways. 我们的领域是必要的 interdisciplinary, traversing history, politics, sociology, and art, within a global 的角度来看. The most important things students can learn in their education is to ask probing questions; to discover what resources are available to aid in answering these questions; to really consider and understand other people, other ideas, and new ways of thinking, observing, and being: to explore the world to the best of their 能力.

This aligns with 云顶集团’s institutional learning goals to use concepts and theories from multiple 的角度来看s and to address contemporary problems with an understanding 身份，社区和世界. In particular alignment with the institutional learning 结果, our students’ qualitative assessment and evaluation of contemporary culture aligns with the Analyze outcome, producing work in various media 形式 and in collaboration with diverse peers aligns with the Connect outcome, critical theoretical framework’s central engagement with understanding marginalized 的角度来看s and unequal structures of power and privilege in our society aligns with the Respect outcome, developing sense of identity and community in creative expression and cultural interpretation aligns with the Reflect outcome, and communicating informative, persuasive, and creative expression across media 形式 aligns with the Contribute outcome.

更新日期:2018年2月

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