COMM 418: Applied Projects and Teamwork

Course Description

Leaders from a wide range of industries and much educational research advocate for students gaining experience applying their KSAs through collaborations with organizations beyond campus. In this course, class members work in teams to complete an action learning project. They partner with a local organization to address a complex, urgent, ‘real-world’ challenge through the students’ concurrent learning and application of course content. Course content focuses on 1) effective project design and management and 2) the core functions, processes, and conditions influencing team performance and member satisfaction. Prerequisite: COMM 280Q1 or 280 and Prerequisite or Co-requisite COMM 368; or MHR 351; or instructor consent.