COMM3330 · Communication
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
One of COMM3330 or COMM3340 is required for the Communication major.. This course is designed to introduce students to social scientific methods in Communication research. Among the topics emphasized are: (1) development of questions and hypotheses, (2) quantitative and/or qualitative data collection methods (e.g., experiments, interviews, and surveys), and (3) data analysis and interpretation (e.g., interpretive and statistical analysis). The objective of the course is to provide students with the resources to interpret, evaluate, and conduct research in Communication from a social science perspective.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.5 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor, Communication Department
4.2 / 5
3.8 / 5
Associate Professor, Communication Department
4.4 / 5
4.1 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.9 / 5
4.5 / 5
Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Department
4.4 / 5
4.0 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
2 sections