PC 604 - Research Methods

Unit(s): 3 to 4

Drawing upon interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies at the intersections of Communication Studies and Professional Communication research, this course explores major theories and debates as we write and present graduate-level academic papers using visual texts and other rhetorical sources. This course offers a practical, hands on approach to reading, writing about, and responding to writing in the Communication Studies and Professional Communication fields; students learn to ask questions as scholars in the field do, and to craft graduate-level responses to these questions. We focus on designing studies, conducting research, analyzing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods data, and presenting results. We cover various industry-related research methods and work on survey design, focus groups, usability experiments, and data analysis. Guest lectures from faculty representing various departments and disciplines at USF and the community provide firsthand observations about industry experiences and the research and writing process.

Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences