Directed Reading in Communication

Catalog description

Allows in-depth study of an area not available in the current curriculum or otherwise accessible because of scheduling conflicts. In order to qualify for a Directed Reading, the student must submit an application letter to a faculty member into the chosen area of study. The application is due at least three weeks before the beginning of the semester and must include a critical bibliography of books and periodical to be read, with a summary of the contents of each. The minimum reading requirement consists of at least six books or a comparable collection of articles from periodicals. During the course, students are required to write 3-5 page papers on each reading selection, and a final paper of at least ten pages synthesizing the reading undertaken. Not available to students doing a thesis. Approval of a member of the graduate faculty and of the department chair is required.