Offered every spring. This course provides an overview of the major trends in contemporary communication research. Areas of focus include quantitative and qualitative methods for researching communication problems in interpersonal and organizational contexts. Offered once yearly. 395 Internship in Communication Students are selected on the basis of special qualifications and are assigned as interns with organizations in mass media, business, government, and other pertinent settings.
Enrollment is subject to the availability of openings.
Open to juniors and seniors in communication with an overall grade point average of 2.75, and 3.0 in other selected courses appropriate to a particular internship. May be repeated for credit, but students may apply no more than 15 semester hours of internship credit toward the baccalaureate degree. Up to 3 hours of internship credit may be applied to the required 12 hours of coursework at the 300-level in the major. Offered by individual arrangement. Students work individually under the supervision of a faculty member on a research oriented project.