• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This major helps students better understand and analyze how people communicate in order to influence others and impact the world around them. The ability to communicate effectively in personal, social, professional, and multicultural situations is an essential skill in modern society. Discovering how to improve practices of communication in any of those situations--whether from a humanistic or scientific perspective--is equally vital. Students of Communication Arts and Sciences will therefore learn to argue persuasively, think critically, solve problems collaboratively, understand and manage conflict, influence people ethically, form and keep relationships, and participate constructively in civic life. The flexibility of this program offers preparation for a variety of careers, which include administration, business, health, higher education, human resources, law, public service, social or political advocacy, and more. Such flexibility is illustrated in the fact that this degree offers two different options for completion based on varying instructional and student needs (the Communication Studies option and the Foundations, Scholarship, and Practice option). For these reasons, majoring in Communication Arts and Sciences also offers an excellent concurrent degree program: a substantive understanding of human communication--which is valuable in numerous forms of personal, social, or professional life--can significantly enhance students' preparation in many fields of study.

Two degree options are available for the Communication Arts and Sciences B.A. in order to provide flexibility based on student and faculty needs at different campuses where the degree is offered:

COMMUNICATION STUDIES OPTION

FOUNDATIONS, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PRACTICE OPTION

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIONS ARTS AND SCIENCES?

Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) is committed to the study, teaching, and practice of human communication for the betterment of Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world. Using methods and theories that span the humanities and social sciences, we create knowledge about the role of communication in diverse interpersonal, communal, national, international, and cultural settings. Our research is integral to our educational mission: to promote greater understanding of and facility with oral, written, and nonverbal communication.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS PROGRAM IF...

You want to learn about the importance of human communication from a combination of social scientific and humanistic perspectives.

You want to learn how to craft effective messages for different audiences.

You want to develop analytic and critical thinking skills in order to understand how messages influence audiences.

You want to acquire theories, methods, and practical tools to understand the roots of social conflict and help change them through improved practices of communication.

PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Appreciation for the significance of communication in everyday experience and as a distinctive intellectual paradigm; Ability to understand, apply, critique, and extend communication concepts, principles, theories, and perspectives; Skill at communication inquiry, including humanistic and social scientific approaches; Logical, critical, creative, and ethical thinking about communication for decision-making and problem-solving; Competency at generating and performing messages appropriate to their audience, purpose and context; Facility with locating, synthesizing, and assimilating new information from a variety of sources and using it to inform communication analysis and practice; Interest, understanding, and capacity to engage diverse communities, both local and global, and to function as a member of a deliberative society.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of the Liberal Arts

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Other English language requirements: TOEFL PBT score of 550; SAT: Score of 530 or higher on the critical reading section; ACT: Score of 24 or higher on the English section.

课程信息

学制：全日制(MINIMUM OF 120 学分)

学费：US$34,858.00 (¥ 225,667) /年

开学时间：预计在八月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：Pennsylvania State University Park Campus201 Old Main,UNIVERSITY PARK,Pennsylvania,16802, United States