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Home > Academics > Majors > Communication Studies > Department Page > Senior Project

Senior Project Due Dates & Deadlines

All due dates must be satisfied or the senior project final grade will be affected and/or the student may be asked to delay the senior project by a semester

Statement of intent

Due two weeks after registration for senior project

The Communication Studies Department Head will send an email request for statements of intent.

Fall '09:
Friday, May 1

Mandatory meeting with senior project advisor

Before final exams of the semester BEFORE beginning work on the senior project

After being assigned a senior project advisor it is the student’s responsibility to schedule a meeting with the advisor.

Fall '09:
Friday, May 15

Senior Project Proposal and mandatory meeting with senior paper advisor

Due the end of the first full week of the semester registered for senior project

The Senior Project Proposal should be approximately one-page in length and should do the following:

· Identify the type of project
(see descriptions)

· Include the research question

· Identify the intended method

· Suggest a time line for completing research

· Include a completed HSRB form, if required

· Justify the significance of and your motivation for the project

Fall '09:
Friday, Sept. 11

Excellent Draft

Due the Monday after midterm break, an "excellent draft" is a complete paper, but a draft that may still require considerable revision before the final draft.

Fall '09:
Monday, Oct. 26

Senior Oral Presentations

Typically the Sunday afternoon of the beginning of the 11th week of classes.

Fall '09:
Sunday, Nov. 22 (see below)

Final Draft

Due week 12 of classes; specific date announced by the Registrar’s office. Papers must be turned in to the Registrar by 5 p.m.!

Fall '09:
Tuesday, Nov. 24

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Fall Semester 2009 Presentation Schedule

Senior Paper presenters and titles for Sunday, Nov. 22

Olin Hall, Room 104 at 1:00 p.m.

Mackenzie Carlisle
A Change Is Gonna Come

Luis Enriquez
Dating a Stranger -- An autoethnography on Intercultural Romantic Relationships

Heather Lund*
But I’m Still a Woman: An Autoethnographic Account of a Woman’s Quest to Have it All

Rousheen Paisley
Recognizing Color: Exploring the Relational Dialectics between Black Internationals and White Americans at Luther College

Anna Quick
Thumb Culture: An Analysis of Cell Phone Usage among Younger Generations

Benjamin T. Schori
Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fans. An Analysis of the Marketing Campaign for the Franchise's New Film

Mark Weber
A Coaching Spotlight

Lizbeth K. Winter
no title provided

Olin Hall, Room 102 at 1:00 p.m.

Jenna Bergeson
Finding Faith: What it Means for Luther College Students to Enrich Their Faith at School

Alli Brenny
Reality Dating Shows: A Feminist Critique

Bailey Erickson
Story for Myself: An Autoethnography

Yuji Isobe
Vote/Don't Vote: A Case Study of YouTube and Dehumanization of Candidates in the US Presidential Election

Sarah Knoploh*
The Gang of Six, Obamacare, and Death Panels: An Analysis of the Newspapers' Health Care Coverage

Joe Putnam
James Bond and the Smoking Gun: An Ideological Criticism

Lauren Rauchwarter*
Beyond Celebrity Gossip: An Ideological Criticism of People Magazine

Jon Shrader
Coffee Culture and the Social Construction of Space through Rhetoric


*denotes Lambda Pi Eta members

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