Science Communication M.S.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to deploy contemporary communication tools to communicate science clearly, accurately, and vividly.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to create and assess communication strategies that incorporate audience needs and, when appropriate, stakeholder input.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to manage projects with high degrees of professionalism.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to share discoveries and innovations with diverse audiences through written, verbal, audio, audio/visual, and/or visual communication.

5. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to design effective platform-specific messages.

6. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to apply their own scientific expertise to support accurate, ethical science communication.

7. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to ground their production of different communications in critical thinking skills and research competencies.

8. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to create communication approaches, tools, and platforms that support diversity and inclusivity.

9. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to present a portfolio that synthesizes their experience in the program through the production of a practical, research-based communication product such as a communications or media plan for an organization, a social science research study, or other creative work.