What You Need to Know:
Communication plays a valuable role in our day-to-day and academic lives. The following resources provide valuable information as to how to integrate communication into your curriculum as well as research describing how this integration is advantageous for your students in the classroom and beyond.
Interested in Digging Deeper?
- Why is basic communication in general education necessary? See the academic, career, social benefits that come from integrating communication courses into your curriculum through the linked article written by Kristina Ruiz-Mesa and Melissa Broeckelman-Post.
Broeckelman-Post, M., Ruiz-Mesa, K. (2018). Making the Case for the Basic Communication Course in General Education. Basic Communication Course Annual (30) 13, 205-210. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bcca/vol30/iss1/13/?utm_source=ecommons.udayton.edu%2Fbcca%2Fvol30%2Fiss1%2F13&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages
- To better understand the benefits of including communication courses as a general education requirement, see the linked article from Cheri Simonds, Jacquelyn Buckrod, Mark Redmond, and Deborah Hefferin Quianthy.
Buckrop, J., Quianthy, D., Redmond, M., Simonds, C. (2012). Revised Resolution on the Role of Communication in General Education. NCA Legislative Assembly.