Students will engage in various qualitative data-gathering activities and prepare a research project proposal. 4 Credit Hours. The goal of a critical study is to interpret and evaluate a communication event in a social-historical context. In general, questions appropriate to critical investigation cannot be adequately answered by quantified data. Typically, research tools are centered on texts, documents, archives and libraries.
Students design and complete a research project proposal using critical methods.
4 Credit Hours. Most students use the research project proposal developed in one of these Research Methods courses to later conduct original research in the Senior Thesis in Communication course. Doing so generally results in a superior thesis and significantly reduced senior anxiety . 4 Credit Hours. An introduction to human communication theory, including a history of the major stages in the development of modern theories of communication.