Our Mission
The Auburn University School of Communication and Journalism is committed to creating an engaged community and positive environment, founded on the highest quality of scholarship and education, that fosters professional skills development, and promotes the highest standards of art, science, ethics, and industry practice to create positive social impacts at local, state, national, and global levels.
Our Vision
The AU School of Communication and Journalism believes in an engaged, collaborative, supportive and welcoming culture for all faculty, staff, and students. The school, therefore, respects the different perspectives, identities, and experiences expressed and lived by its faculty, staff, and students. Reflecting Auburn University’s land-grant mission, the School of Communication and Journalism is dedicated to providing an elevated classroom experience for all students. To create such an experience, the school will support teaching and research that link theoretical and practical education and practice, that prepares students for an evolving and global society, and supports immersive experiences that benefit students and faculty and helps students reach their professional goals.
Our Goals
- Create a welcoming and engaged organizational climate that is collaborative and supportive of all faculty, staff, and students.
- Support scholarly, creative, academic, and outreach endeavors that are innovative, competitive, and impactful.
- Provide elevated classroom experiences that enhance professional development, critical thinking, student engagement, and experiential learning.
- Provide students with cutting edge professional skills to work in an increasingly complex and evolving global society and successfully gain employment within it.
The School’s 2024-2029 Strategic Plan provides an outline of how the School seeks to achieve these goals.
Learn more about us
In the About Us section of our website, you can learn more about the School of Communication and Journalism in the School’s 2023-2024 newsletter, the CMJN viewbook, and the School’s 2023 Faculty Research and Creative Works Report. Other areas of interest include a brief history of the School, an outline of each program’s Student Learning Outcomes, and a description of our commitment to public accountability.
Reflecting over a century of growth and progress, today the Auburn University School of Communication and Journalism features four primary areas of study: Communication, Film and Media Studies, Journalism/Journalism-Sports Production, and Public Relations.