SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR (CM4090)

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The senior thesis research seminar allows students to work in a small group setting with a professor,where they draw from and hone research methods and theories they have learned in the Global Communications major and across their entire BA education. It culminates in a major piece of primary research that the student presents to an audience of peers and faculty.he seminar is designed to demonstrate cumulative knowledge, while teaching advanced research skills valued in the workforce and necessary for graduate school. The thesis is required for students seeking honors in the major.

Code: 
CM4090
Name: 
SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
CCC
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Senior
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Use critical thinking to formulate a key research question on a topic in communication, media or culture
  2. Understand research methodology and apply a relevant method in the research field, including data collection and analysis (data in the broad sense means examples, artifacts, evidence)
  3. Produce a critical literature review by recognizing strengths and weaknesses of the existing scholarship
  4. Develop an argument from the data analysis/interpretation
  5. Professionally present research outcomes and have a dialogue with the audience
  6. Use theory from past classes in your major and your overall university learning experience to critically reflect on the research findings, situating them in a context that you can help explain or would like to influence (e.g. in social or political life, in global, local, local perspectives; or with regard to questions of ethics, justice, or individual/collective freedom)
  7. Articulate the value of your research and the skills it employs as if to a prospective graduate school program or employer: epistemology, writing, critical thinking, empathy, and ethics
  8. Students will apply the knowledge and skills that they acquired through both the core curriculum and their major’s requirements to a disciplinary, interdisciplinary, cumulative or project-based experience in order to express their growth and learning while at AUP (CCC LO1)
  9. Students will engage in the self-assessment, reflection and analysis of this process, preparing them for future success. They will be able to articulate this to future educational and professional interlocutors (CCC LO2)

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Spring 2025 CM4090 SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

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