Academic Learning Compact - Telecommunication

The major in telecommunication, which includes specializations in management, news and production, prepares you to understand the means of communicating with diverse audiences, and to use the tools of information gathering and storytelling to communicate with those audiences through electronic media such as video, audio and interactive technologies. Through study and practical application you g​ain knowledge of the history, norms and legal and ethical milieu of the telecommunication professions. You learn to locate and use reference tools and to demonstrate the ability to communicate independent, critical perspectives.​

Additional information is available from your major's website.

Before Graduating You Must

• Achieve a passing score of 70% on your student portfolio, which will be evaluated by faculty members and/or professionals in each specialty.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Understands concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information.
2. Understand professional ethical principles and the importance of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity.
3. Apply the tools and technologies appropriate for the telecommunication professions.
4. Gather information, conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the telecommunication professions.
5. Think critically, creatively and independently.
6. Communicate correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate to the telecommunication professions, audiences and the purposes they serve.