Mass Communications Minor

Goals and objectives:

1. To educate and train students to be successful in Mass Communications and related fields.
2. To provide students with a firm background in written and oral communication skills.
3. To provide students with practical experience related to their chosen profession in addition to high quality classroom instruction.
4. To train students to design and produce media programming using state-of-the-art methods and equipment.
5. To assist students in the formulation of personal and professional goals which will benefit them throughout life and to assist them in beginning to actualize these goals.
6. To introduce students to local media entities to encourage them to develop working relationships with professionals in their chosen fields through the internship and practicum experience.
7. To encourage student participation in campus and community affairs by producing articles for the Arkansawyer, the Lion, or the local press or by producing programming for KUAP-FM 89.7 or UAPB-TV Channel.
8. To involve students in the presentation of quality theatrical productions for the university community.