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Question: Choose an interest area in organizational/corporate communications to investigate during the semester. These areas include healthcare, educational context, crisis management, sports management, entertainment, business, and media among others. Students select an area of interest with the approval of the professor and then apply organizational and corporate communication principles through a research paper and presentation.

Course Objectives
Three major topics will be generated from student and faculty research interests. By the end of the seminar, students should be able to
(1) Identify the key trends in specific organizational communication scholarship
(2) Identify the key metatheoretical perspectives of organizational communication and understand how these frameworks help us to see certain processes and limit our focus on other processes
(3) Apply organizational communication theories and processes to teaching and training situations

Students might bring diverse interests and perspectives to the class. You are encouraged to discuss these perspectives with the class. We'll find a balance in teaching, researching, and practicing that meets your needs and supports your decision to take this class.

1. Term Paper (100 points)

Students will choose a topic of interest (with instructor approval) and create a research report on their topic. This research will be presented as part of a research forum to be held on the last day of class. The research paper written during this class will be used to fulfill the requirements of the Graduate Studies Office for students pursuing a non-thesis option in ORGC. This is a class that will meet three times a semester which is usually the first , the middle and the last which is when the research proposal is due. The time off from class is going to be spent on writing your proposal and asking me questions either during my office hours or by email or by phone.