Communication Arts Department
Faculty
Interim Department Chair: Austin Anderson
Warren Anderson, Tanisha Brewer, David Bunker, Gene Crume Jr, Aubree Flickema, Sharon Kim, Bret Koontz, Chris Lash, Ryan Schaefer, Kimberly Schmidt
Emeritus: Stuart Ryder
Goals and Objectives
- To enable a student to understand multiple theoretical and intellectual perspectives in communication in their historical and philosophical contexts
- To develop further student competency and capability in effective communication and presentation as well as in analysis of contemporary media
- To develop further student competency in argument and discourse analysis in context of how these rhetorical constructions seek to influence the attitudes, beliefs, practices and values of the audience
- To develop further student ability to engage in systematic inquiry
- To develop further student competency in human relations interaction
- To develop further student competency in the analysis and practice of ethical communication