COMM 3004
If you're taking the COMM 3004 class during Spring 2007, you can access the class website from this page.
All class material is available through the class website, which runs on Moodle, which is a free, open source course management system. As long as you have access to the Internet, you can access the class website. There is no need to be on campus or connected to the S drive.
Generating Research Ideas
Use one (or more) of the following questions to help find a topic for research. Make notes in your blog.
- What subjects were you most interested in at IUM?
- In which subjects did you get your best grades at IUM?
- In which subjects did you get your worst grades at IUM?
- Have you got a hobby that could be linked to a business subject?
- What career are you hoping to follow?
- What position would you like to have in a company?
- What industry would you like to work for?
- Is there anything recently in the news that caught your interest?
- Were there any questions that you'd like to have asked in any of your classes at IUM?
- Is there anything you disagree with that you were taught at IUM?
- Is there anything that you have a passion about?
- Is there anything that you feel strongly about?
If you're still unsure, browse through some past thesis titles using the links below. Find 3 titles that interest you and 3 titles that bore you. Consider the reasons why you prefer some titles to others.
Links to thesis titles
IUM undergraduate thesis titles
This links to a pdf document of theses titles. If you're at IUM, you can make a request in the library to have a look at specific reports, however you will only be able to use them in the library.
Undergraduate economics thesis titles from Harvard.
A searchable database of dissertations. Most of these are either masters theses or PhD dissertations, however the titles may spark an interest.
A searchable database of dissertations, again at the masters or doctoral level.
