Overview
Projects are chosen in consultation with the course coordinator and can be pursued by an individual student or a group of students interested in an area not covered by one of the Communication Studies courses.
Outline
The outline of the course will vary with each project.
Objectives
Individual/Group Projects is designed to accomplish the following objectives.
- Enable students to extend their knowledge of communication theory and history, and of a particular subject area to an application currently underrepresented in contemporary research.
- Provide the opportunity for students to complete the research, proposal and execution of an applied project in a real world setting.
- Encourage students to collaborate in a virtual environment.
Evaluation
Evaluation is established by means of a learning contract and will vary with each project; but students will be required to achieve a minimum mark of 50 percent on any assignment and obtain a course composite grade of at least "D (50 percent).
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.