Upon graduating with an undergraduate degree in Communication from Loyola University Maryland,
a student will:

1. Learn the principles of communication law and regulation and apply them to understand and apply them within the communication progressions in which they work.
2. Understand the historical antecedents of our contemporary communication system and practice, the institutions in which it is embodied and the roles played by professionals in strategizing, shaping, and executing communication messages.
3. Develop an awareness of diversity, both domestically and globally, as it relates to the communication practices.
4. Understand theories that are relevant to communication concepts and be able to apply these theories to the analysis of texts and images.
5. Work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness, and diversity.
6. Think critically, creatively and independently.
7. Conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communication professions, audiences and purposes they serve.
8. Critically evaluate students own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style, and grammatical correctness.
9. Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work.*

*adapted from the Professional Values and Competencies of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications