Each seminar in the College of Communications is a one-credit course. Some seminars are offered once each week for fifty minutes throughout the semester, while others may take place over five or six weeks with either longer class meetings or several meetings each week. What's more, faculty individually select the particular topic, theme, or book around which their seminars revolve. Faculty often select topics that address their current areas of research. This offers students an early opportunity to learn about the relationship between teaching and research scholarship.
Faculty maintain office hours and are available for meetings with students.
Students are encouraged to meet with faculty to discuss their course work and other aspects of their academic plans and goals at Penn State, such as student clubs, organizations, and extracurricular activities. Each first-year seminar in the College of Communications is limited to twenty students. This small-group, active learning environment maximizes interaction and discussion among students and between faculty and students.