Syllabi Intro

Emmanuel College is a Christ-centered, liberal arts institution which strives to prepare students to become Christ-like disciples who integrate faith, learning, and living for effective careers, scholarship, and service.

Purpose

Impacting the World. For Christ. Through Media.

With this motto, the Communication degree strives to prepare students for careers as Christian communicators who integrate faith, learning and living with a broad understanding of contemporary communication issues and skills adaptable to a variety of contexts.

The communication major at Emmanuel College teaches students about information processes and communication technologies and how they impact local and global communities. Courses in this major incorporate community, information and technology to address communication issues. During the last semester, majors will each create a senior project in CM471 demonstrating their knowledge of the core courses within the communication studies major.

Goals

Communication Studies graduates value and practice ethical use of media and respect for others. Utilizing their ability to adapt to various audiences in different settings and purposes, our graduates are able to speak clearly the intended message. Relying on creativity and technology, their ability to work effectively in groups or independently to solve problems is essential in today’s workplace and as life-long learners.

Learning Outcomes

Communication Studies graduates will demonstrate the following knowledge and skills:

Ability to orally present messages with appropriate audience analyses
Ability to build and maintain small groups
Ability to work with and continually learn new technologies
Ability to critically evaluation and present a variety of viewpoints of issues
Ability to use knowledge of existing research to conduct original research
Knowledge about the theories, historical and critical, which underlie the communication field