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• ARCH 202: Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology: An Experiential Lab can satisfy the integrative history requirement • ARCH 204: Becoming Human–Becoming the World can satisfy the global citizenship requirement
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTS Co-Directors, Jennifer Allen Catellier, Megan Woller. FACULTY: Associate Professor: Jennifer Allen Catellier, Megan Woller. Assistant Professors: M. C. Gensheimer, Lindsey DiTirro. Associate Teaching Professor: Anne O’Neill. Assistant Teaching Professors: Angela Howell, Jordan Wolfe. The School of Communication and the Arts, located in the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (CHESS) offers students a comprehensive education in digital media, advertising, public relations, journalism and the visual and the performing arts. Faculty members in the school teach the Liberal Studies fine arts courses as well as the courses in Speech Communication. Mission Statement (School of Communication and the Arts) The School of Communication and the Arts at Gannon University is designed to prepare students to become accomplished communicators and artists in a variety of professions. Students in the school engage in comprehensive, multidisciplinary education in communication studies, digital media production, advertising, public relations, journalism, health communication, and the performing arts, with emphases on writing, producing, performing, working in teams, and developing adaptability. Vision Statement (School of Communication and the Arts) Our vision for the School of Communication and the Arts at Gannon University is to inspire our students to be content creators, message makers and storytellers for one another as well as for Gannon University, the Erie community and the wider business world. We hope that our students come to appreciate the myriad of beautifully transferable and marketable experiences, skills, sensitivities and talents they have developed during their studies. And then learn to generously share those experiences, skills and talents for the affirmation of their creative selves, as well as sharing the gifts with their fellow communicators and communities. The School of Communication and the Arts offers five programs of study: • • • • •
Advertising Communication Digital Media Communication Journalism Communication Public Relations Theatre and Communication Arts
In addition, the School of Communication and the Arts offers seven minors: Advertising, Digital Media, Journalism, Fine Arts, Music and Culture, Theatre and Communication and Rhetorical Studies.