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Program Requirements
The overall program requirements are here:
http://www.park.edu/grad/masters-cl-graduation.aspx
Based on student advice from those who have taken the
courses:
Best Choices for Year One
Term one: CA
500
Introduction to Graduate Communication Study (1 credit)
CA 501
Human Communication Perspectives
CA 505
Organizational Leadership
CA 517
Research 1: Quantitative Methods of Communication Research
CA 516
Research 2:
Qualitative Methods
Summer 1: Elective
Good Choices for Year Two
CA 529
Cross-Cultural Communication
CA 520
Seminar in Organizational Change
CA
670
Measuring Leadership
CA 699
The Epistemology of Communication
Summer 2: Elective
Pass
Comprehensive Examination prior to enrolling the last semester.
Electives:
2 Electives (3 credit hours each) The course number or
level doesn't matter, just take elective you'd like to take.
Year Two Capstone Options
CA
700 Graduate Project 5 hours
OR
CA
797 Thesis - Research Prospectus and Design 5 hours
AND
Obtain a
faculty committee when you begin the process. Pass an Oral Defense
(oral exam) of
your project or thesis near the beginning of your final term
when you graduate.
OR
CA
798 Reflection (2 credit hours)
And
complete one additional elective
so you still have a total of 36 hours.
Total Hours: 36 (plus 3 examinations:
GRE to
enter.
Written Comprehensive Exam over meeting program goals
near end.
Oral Exam (Defense) over thesis/project near end.
No defense required for reflection capstone.
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