COLONNADE PROGRAM COURSE PROPOSAL
FOUNDATIONS CATEGORY (OC)
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Human Communication
COMM 145 or other approved courses (3 hours)
Human Communication courses develop foundational skills of critical listening, speaking, and
presentation in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Students will learn to analyze
arguments and to communicate ideas clearly and effectively in oral and written formats.
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Listen and speak competently in a variety of communication contexts, which may include
public, interpersonal, and/or small-group settings.
2. Find, analyze, evaluate, and cite pertinent primary and secondary sources, including
academic databases, to prepare speeches and written texts.
3. Identify, analyze, and evaluate statements, assumptions, and conclusions representing
diverse points of view, and construct informed, sustained, and ethical arguments in
response.
4. Plan, organize, revise, practice, edit, and proofread to improve the development and
clarity of ideas.
Please complete the following and return electronically to
colonnadeplan@wku.edu.
1. What course does the department plan to offer in Foundations: Human
Communication?
2. How will this course meet the specific learning objectives for this category?
Please address all of the learning outcomes listed for the appropriate
subcategory.
3. In addition to meeting the posted learning outcomes, how does this course
contribute uniquely to the Foundations category (i.e., why should this course be in
Colonnade)? Discuss in detail.
Colonnade Program Course Proposal: Foundations: Human Communication
(Rev. 7/14)
4. Syllabus statement of learning outcomes for the course. NOTE: In multi-section
courses, the same statement of learning outcomes must appear on every
section’s syllabus.
5. Give a brief description of how the department will assess the course beyond
student grades for these Colonnade learning objectives.
6. How many sections of this course will your department offer each semester?
7. Please attach sample syllabus for the course. PLEASE BE SURE THE PROPOSAL
FORM AND THE SYLLABUS ARE IN THE SAME DOCUMENT.
Colonnade Program Course Proposal: Foundations: Human Communication
(Rev. 7/14)