This course is designed to produce competent researchers who can write, submit and defend quality media-oriented thesis. The output has the ultimate goal of being published as a book chapter, monograph or journal article.

Key learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, learners should be able to:

1. Demonstrate skills in applied communication research
2. Explain diverse areas in which communication research is applied
3. Describe, explain and know how to apply theories of communication to applied media research.