Communication Thesis

Catalog description

A two-semester sequence of an independent research study in consultation with a faculty thesis advisor. In the second semester, the student will complete work to execute the thesis proposal from CO-691 . In consultation with the faculty thesis advisor, two additional thesis readers will be assigned. Those readers and thesis advisor comprise a faculty thesis committee. The completed thesis of no less than twenty-five pages will include: a research question or hypothesis, rational for study, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, complete bibliography, and appropriate appendices. If a student required an IRB approval for human subjects research, this documentation must be a part of the appendices. Upon completion of the study, the student is required to defend the thesis before a faculty committee and to make a presentation in the CO-503 Graduate Foundations in Communication class.