Communication Studies - Mission College

Communication Studies from Mission College is a Campus Certificate Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Highlights: An exemplary teaching faculty dedicated to assisting students improve communication effectiveness. Offers a ten unit certificate that demonstrates your communication competence to universities and employers. Updated curriculum in Interpersonal, Intercultural, Career Communication , Group Communication, Mass Communication and Voice and Articulation. State-of-the-art Public Speaking with current multi-media technology. Communication Activities/ Forensics program that is individualized to the self-paced needs of students. Accelerated and weekend classes. Student learning outcomes: Upon completion of communication studies courses, students will: Demonstrate a better understanding of the communication process by identifying, explaining, and applying current communication theories as they relate to a variety of contexts (e.g. interpersonal, intercultural, group, public and professional communication, and mass media). Demonstrate increased competence by identifying, explaining, and applying effective communication skills in a variety of contexts (e.g. interpersonal, intercultural, group, public and professional communication, and mass media). Demonstrate improved interpersonal skills by identifying and developing a repertoire of strategies for improved communication effectiveness and demonstrate the strategies in oral and written contexts. Demonstrate critical thinking by identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the communication behaviors of others and themselves in a variety of contexts (e.g. interpersonal, intercultural, group, public and professional communication , and mass media). Demonstrate improved research, organizational, and critical thinking skills by finding and evaluating reference material and organizing and presenting effective messages adapted to specific audiences. Outcomes will be assessed by a series of embedded class assessments, exams, and problem solving exercises, by class assignments, presentations and projects, research assignments and self analysis in oral and written contexts. View more details on Mission College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.