Course Name:Advanced
Communication Research and Writing
Course Prefix: MPC
Course Number: 6800
Submitted by (Name & E-Mail): Kathryn Edwards,
kedwards@weber.edu
Current Date: 11/27/2012
College: Arts & Humanities
Department: Communication
From Term: Fall
2012
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MPC 6800. Advanced Communication Research and Writing (1) To fulfill the requirements of the MPC degree, students will produce a research project growing out of the student’s graduate study as it applies to the workplace (Project) OR write a more traditional academic capstone research thesis (Thesis). Students may choose one or the other to fulfill this requirement. This one credit hour course is dedicated to an overview of appropriate projects and descriptions of project expectations. Students will, with the aid of the course instructor, select research topics as well as complete literature reviews and choose methods for student thesis or capstone applied projects. Research outcomes will be designed specifically to enhance student career goals. Students will form their thesis/project committees and will begin to compose their project prospectus.
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We are eliminating this one credit hour course because the content is covered in MPC 6900 Thesis/Project I. The primary intention for this course was to help students complete the paperwork for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for their thesis or project research. After offering the course once in Spring 2012, we realized that it is too early in the thesis/project completion process for students to submit to the IRB in this course. Now that we have offered both MPC 6800 and 6900, we realize that the content and intent of MPC 6800 is fulfilled in MPC 6900, which is offered in the fall semester of the students' second year.
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