Media Studies Project

Catalog description

Prerequisites: COM 303 and one of the following courses: COM 358, COM 347, COM 350, COM 359, COM 361, or COM 464. This capstone course in seminar format prepares students to use knowledge they have acquired about media/communication theory and professional practice-in allied fields such as journalism, public relations, or advertising-in previous classes to conduct independent or group research projects. Students will learn how to put together a research project and its components, critically read research reports including academic papers, and conduct their own independent and/or group original research projects.