Upon the successful completion of the Master Program in Language, Culture, and Communication, the student should be able to:
- Analyze language use in different cultural and social settings.
- Critique social functions of language and the roles they play in culture, including the analysis of literary texts, and how language and communication work to affect the socio-cultural world.
- Critically evaluate and debate conflicts within diverse social settings, with particular focus on how language variation, including social and regional dialects, influences and reflects social dynamics.
- Analyze the role of language in everyday interactions, including its use in literary texts, and the values associated with ways of speaking and their social, cultural, and personal consequences.
- Critically assess contemporary issues in language policy while exemplifying the ability to take a public and professional role in addressing these issues.
- Apply information and communication technology skills to access databases and international information in the field of specialization so as to develop knowledge and skills and to generate new knowledge.
- Critically engage with the community set of values and ethics.
- Utilize scientific research methodologies, higher-order thinking skills, critical thinking, and creativity in analyzing and observing issues related to language.
- Critically evaluate research in the discipline, producing theses or reports to a professional standard, equivalent in quality to publishable papers.
The following are the MSc programs in Language, Culture and Communication referenced in the benchmarking process for developing the learning outcomes:
1. MSc program in Language, Culture and Communication at University of Birmingham:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/subjects/english-language-and-linguistics-courses/language-culture-and-communication-ma
2. MSc program in Communication Studies at Kent University:
https://catalog.kent.edu/colleges/ci/comm/communication-studies-ma/#learningoutcomestext
3. Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication at Royal Roads University:
https://www.royalroads.ca/programs/master-arts-intercultural-and-international-communication
4. MSc program in Cross-Cultural Communication at Newcastle University:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/4133f/#
5. MSc program in Cultural and Creative Communication at University of Aberdeen:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/degree-programmes/924/cultural-and-creative-communication/