Program Goal One:

Ensure that students will be able to demonstrate and apply concept knowledge, critical thinking, and problem solving in the core areas of the business curriculum.

Learning Outcomes:
  1. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø will demonstrate a broad knowledge of business practices and knowledge in the emphasis area.
  2. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø will demonstrate intellectual and practical skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, and written communications.

Program Goal Two:

Ensure that students will be able to demonstrate and apply knowledge in their chosen emphasis/emphases.

Learning Outcomes:
  1. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø will demonstrate a broad knowledge of business practices and knowledge in the emphasis area.
  2. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø will demonstrate intellectual and practical skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, and written communications.
  3. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø will demonstrate personal and social responsibility through ethical reasoning.

Program Goal Three:

Ensure that students will be able to demonstrate and apply skills in effective business communication across the curriculum.

Learning Outcomes:
  1. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø demonstrate integrative and applied learning through synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized business-related studies.

Program Goal Four:

Prepare students to identify and access employment opportunities, including graduate school opportunities, following graduation.

Program Goal Five:

Ensure that students receive high quality instruction with a curriculum relevant to and current within the local, regional, and global marketplace.

Program Goals & Learning Outcomes for Public Relations Emphasis

Program Goal One:

To Prepare students for a career in media

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Examine and appraise different media industries.
  2. Demonstrate competence in a variety of media writing forms and techniques.
  3. Apply analytical and ethical reasoning to issues pertinent in and to their careers.
  4. Create written and/or audio materials in campus media.