Capstone Requirement
Putting your knowledge to work—that's what you'll do in your Capstone. Throughout core course requirements in your academic program, you will apply knowledge and demonstrate learning through assignments that match specific program learning goals in the Strategic Communication program.
As a major, you will be asked to reflect on that collection of assignment outcomes in the designated capstone course. Follow the guidance of Strategic Communication faculty and your major's academic advisor to make sure you track your academic progress in the Strategic Communication major as required.
Through the course of your academic studies, you should be able to do the following:
- Display public speaking competency: Exhibit impromptu and extemporaneous oral communication competency through the planning and delivery of formal public speeches and commentary that effectively and appropriately construct rhetorical responses for various purposes, contexts, and audiences.
- Express and apply critical disciplinary knowledge: Identify and explain relevant theories to assess communication critically and analyze rhetoric ethically in personal, academic, and professional contexts.
- Demonstrate ability to support and facilitate civil and ethical collaborative leadership: Demonstrate strategic communication through the ability to persuade and collaborate as a civil citizen influencer, aware of and responsive to the historical moment, potential diversity and conflict, and organizational and community needs to build and sustain relationships that support constructive outcomes for shared goals.
- Navigate computer-mediated communication in organizational, public, and social contexts: Adapt mediated messages within the rapidly changing online communication environment to meet professional expectations while applying other STCO learning goal competencies.