Graduate Student Learning Outcomes

Make an original and substantial contribution to the field

  • Advance communication theory

Think originally and independently

  • Identify new research opportunities within the field

Demonstrate advanced research skills

  • Synthesize existing knowledge
  • Identify and access appropriate resources
  • Rigorously employ appropriate methods
  • Critically evaluate one’s own findings and those of others

Demonstrate commitment to advancing the values of scholarship

  • Keep abreast of developments within one’s field and related areas
  • Show commitment to professional development via professional societies, publication, and knowledge transfer
  • Support learning through teaching, mentoring, and demonstration

Demonstrate professional skills by adhering to ethical standards in the discipline

  • Apply for Institutional Review Board approval when appropriate
  • Adhere to the field’s professional associations’ ethics codes of conduct, such as ICA, SIGCHI, SCMS, AoIR, NCA, and SRA.
  • Comply with Cornell’s academic integrity policies such as Responsible Conduct of Research and CITI’s human subjects training

Give and receive feedback effectively

  • Be responsive to feedback on academic assignments and progress
  • Respectfully communicate in classes and colloquia
  • Be responsive to feedback as a TA and/or RA