The introductory courses could be more communication intensive. Given the current constraints of money and courses which are required to be taught in our major and given the constraints of content which must be taught in these courses, there are NO courses which could be more communication intensive. We cannot add any other required courses. A way of being more intensive, apart from class size, is to increase the degree of coherence across classes, especially theory and practice courses. Content is obviously at the heart of the writing that occurs and should provide the momentum.
Communication is much more than writing as taught and graded by an English department.
I'm shocked that a keynote speaker admitted to having instruction in electronic visual aids only at the graduate level. Frontier courses could be more communication intensive. We have labs where students can work in teams and present results to the class. Instructors in these courses need training in how to do this effectively. The assessment data contains no information we hadn't already recognized prior to attending this meeting.