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Category Archives: Advising
Communication Major Overview & Advising for Transfer Students
To prepare for Fall 2020, please watch the video that corresponds to your major:
Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication & Organizational Communication Major Plans:
Considering Taking a Leave of Absence? Here’s the Policy and Paperwork
Students, It’s understandably difficult to manage school during the pandemic.
Some of you have asked about taking time off from school.
Here’s what you need to know: the policy and the paperwork.
https://www.newpaltz.edu/registrar/leave-of-absence/
Please speak to your advisor about this option.
Org Comm and Interpersonal Comm Majors Should Take Research Methods Courses to Prepare for Senior Seminars
The Department of Communication offers two research methods courses (see below) that play a crucial role in preparing students for the subsequent 400-level seminar courses, CMM454 Organizational Communication Seminar or CMM455 Interpersonal Communication Seminar. For this reason, the Department strongly recommends you take one of them instead of CMM353 Persuasion & Social Influence prior to the semester when you take your senior seminar.
Both methods courses, CMM352 Qualitative Communication Research Methods and CMM354 Quantitative Research Methods, help students become critical consumers of data and scholarly research as well as become familiar with techniques for how to design original research. Broadly speaking, CMM354 focuses on types of research and techniques that result in numbers-oriented data (e.g., surveys, experiments), while CMM352 focuses on types of research and techniques that lead to more context-centered data (e.g., observation, focus groups). Please don’t let the words “research methods” scare you! In the information age, being able to manage and analyze data are skills increasingly sought by employers from a wide range of communication-related industries and professions.
In sum, these two research methods courses play a crucial role in preparing Interpersonal/Intercultural and Organizational Comm. students for their later 400-level senior seminar. Again, we strongly suggest taking one of the methods classes in place of CMM 353 Persuasion & Social Influence to make sure you are best prepared for success in the senior seminars.
Struggling With Quarantine or Online Learning? Here are Some Resources
We recognize that this is a time of unbelievable stress and uncertainty. If you are struggling with mental health or with the transition to online learning, check out some of these resources that may be able to help you. Continue reading
Use LinkedIn Learning to Refresh or Learn New Skills
We’d like to remind students about a very helpful resource that can be useful during online learning: LinkedIn Learning. Every student has access to LinkedIn Learning through my.newpaltz.edu. It is a treasure trove of helpful videos on professional skills, from balancing work and life, to magazine design, and more.
To access LinkedIn Learning, go to my.newpaltz.edu, and under “General,” click “LinkedIn Learning.”
Want to Declare a Comm Major or Minor? Here’s the Paperwork…
Want to declare or change a major or minor within the Department of Communication?
To declare or change a major or minor, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/0Wg0W5gvkt
You will be assigned a faculty advisor in our department.
Communication students aren’t required to do internships but are encouraged to do one. This form explains that it is your responsibility to get certified eligible to do an internship at least one semester PRIOR to LOOKING for an internship placement. Once approved for credit, approval remains valid until graduation, so long as your GPA remains above 2.5.