COMM 595: Independent Study in Communication

Research Application/Proposal

Directions:

  • Be sure (a) you have completed 18 credit hours, and (b) you have not taken this course to apply for this course.
  • In consultation with your sponsoring professor, please complete this application.
  • On the application, please type the requested information into this Word Document, sign it, save a copy for your own records, print the document, and then gain the required signatures.

Student Name:
WKU ID #:
WKU Email:
Mobile Phone#:
Name of Faculty Director:
Fac. Director’s WKU email:
Please explain your reasons for applying to take a Communication Independent Study course; for example, how will it enhance your educational experience and/or contribute to your career goals in a way a traditional course would not?
As with a syllabus, please describe in approximately 200 words the nature of the project, objectives/questions to be addressed, theoretical frameworks informing the project, and the approach to be taken (methods, data collection, and analysis)
As with a syllabus, what will be the final product of the independent study? That is, what quantifiable measure(s) will constitute “successful” completion of the independent study and how your grade will be assessed?
As with a syllabus, list the major assignments, readings, and other required activities and the dates they will be due, along with how these requirements will be assessed and calculated into the final grade.

Signatures

Student

I have discussed with Dr. ______,who will serve as my Faculty Director, to develop the attached Independent Study course.

Signature:

Printed Name:

Date:

Faculty Director

I have participated in development of the attached Independent Study course, and the work proposed is both valuable to the student and of sufficient scholarly rigor to warrant the assignment of Graduate credit. I agree to serve as faculty director for this project and will evaluate the student’s work as well as post the appropriate grade for the project.

Signature:

Printed Name:

Date:

Graduate Director Approval

I have reviewed the attached proposal and feel the work proposed is both valuable and sufficiently rigorous to warrant the assignment of Graduate credit. On behalf of the graduate program, I approve of the attached proposal and the Faculty Director’s leadership of it.

Signature:

Printed Name:

Date:

09/14/12