HMS-659A Media Studies Final Project/Thesis

4 Credits

This course will work to help students prepare for the production of a final project or thesis. The class will be run as a workshop for student work, facilitated by a faculty member. Studentswill engage with readings on the topic of producing a final project or thesis; examine relevant critical texts as well as workshop the process of selecting a thesis advisor; assemble an annotated bibliography, a precis and literature review; prepare outlines and preliminary or preparatory statements of purpose, and begin the work at hand. Instructor and peers will respond to work in progress and help the student reach the point at which they can take the project or thesis to fruition during the class semester, or in the following semester.