Workplace Communication & Writing

• Certificate (Not Applicable)

   

• Associate Degrees

  Students completing the Associate of Arts or Science in Workplace Communication & Writing degrees will be able to demonstrate the following:

  • Writing: Students will demonstrate writing and editing skills appropriate for the workforce.   
  • New Technologies & Digital Media: Students will demonstrate the principles and practices of new technologies and digital media.
  • Working in Organizations: Students will demonstrate knowledge of how organizations work. 
  • Workplace Skills: Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate their understanding of workplace skills in written, oral or visual format.
  • Internships: Students will apply workplace skills by completing an internship with a professional organization.
• Bachelor Degree (Not Applicable)

   

In 2020, we indicated that we would likely do an assessment of ePortfolios in the professionalizing experience classes once we get those running on a more regular basis. It’s difficult to do assessment in individual classes because they are General Education requirements or Communication or English requirements, making it difficult to separate out students who have declared the associate of Workplace Communication & Writing degree. This could likely begin in the next academic year or two. 

This was our original plan, above. But here in 2022, as you can see from the graduation numbers, we have only graduated 10 students since the degree was created 4+ years ago. It’s impractical to run the professionalizing experience classes with such small numbers. 

We need to have discussions, perhaps with OIE, about how to address this. 

Should we just choose one course from each department that we feel is key/core to the degree and use that as the source of our assessment?

Another option is that we market this as a 100% OL degree.

Another option is that we fold the program. Perhaps some catalog pruning is in order.