2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

or thesis, or takes an additional three credit hours of course work
and passes a final program examination.
Curriculum
The core curriculum includes course work in theoretical and
applied managerial, scientific and technical discourse; design and
production of different communication products; research and
methods of analysis; and communication.
The core curriculum is enriched with elective course work.
Master’s students are encouraged to select elective sequences to
pursue intercultural areas of particular research or professional
interest.
Core Courses (15 credit hours)
COM 5050 Theories of Human Communication ..................................3
COM 5102 Research Methods and Materials in Technical and
Professional Communication ...............................................3
COM 5225 Issues in Technical and Visual Communication ...................3
COM 5247 Technical Editing .................................................................3
COM 5345 Communicating in the Global Economy ..............................3
Advanced Courses (12 credit hours)
At least four of the following:
COM 4026 Publishing and the Internet .................................................3
COM 5002 Writing for Specific Purposes ...............................................3
COM 5250 Public Relations ...................................................................3
COM 5252 Seminar in Marketing Communication ................................3
COM 5253 Customer Service and Communication ...............................3
COM 5353 Advanced Managerial Report Writing ..................................3
COM 5355 Seminar: Special Topics in Technical and
Professional Communication ...............................................3
COM 5400 Independent Study ...............................................................3
COM 5565 Technical and Professional Communication
Internship ........................................................................3–6
COM 5777 Technical and Professional Communication
Design Project ..................................................................3–6
COM 5999 Technical and Professional Communication Thesis .............3
HUM 5510 Recent Issues in Logic .........................................................3
LNG 5210 Aspects of Language ............................................................3
Electives (6 credit hours)
In addition, six credit hours of elective course work must be
selected by students in the master’s program.
Nonthesis Option
A student may choose to complete 36 credit hours of course work
without completing a thesis or design project. In that case, the
student must take a final program examination no earlier than the
last full semester in which the student is registered for courses.
Thesis/Design Project
In lieu of three credit hours of course work, the student may
choose to complete either a traditional, research-based thesis or a
design project (an extended problem-solving project exploring and
resolving a designated situation in business, industry, government
or education).
A thesis or design project proposal must be approved in advance
by the student’s committee. A defense of the thesis or the design
project before the student’s faculty committee is required. A
unanimous vote of the student’s committee is necessary for
acceptance of the thesis or design project.
Graduate Certificate in Marketing Communication
The graduate certificate in marketing communication is a
four-course program that gives the skills necessary to expand
areas of responsibility and/or move into positions of strategic
leadership. The program draws courses from the technical and
professional communication program, including Seminar in
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Marketing Communication (COM 5252), Customer Service
Communication (COM 5253), Public Relations (COM 5250)
and Marketing Management (BUS 5470), or courses designed to
build on students’ backgrounds. Students who complete the certificate
can choose to continue in the Technical and Professional
Communication graduate program at Florida Tech; these courses
can be transferred toward the master’s degree.
Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree from
an accredited institution with a 3.0 GPA and two letters of
recommendation.
Graduate Certificate Curriculum
BUS 5470 Marketing Management .......................................................3
COM 5252 Seminar in Marketing Communication ................................3
COM 5253 Customer Service Communication ......................................3
COM 5250 Public Relations ...................................................................3
sChool of PsyChology
Mary Beth Kenkel, Ph.D., Dean
Degree Programs
Applied Behavior Analysis, M.S.
ABA Associate Graduate Certificate
ABA Graduate Certificate
Applied Behavior Analysis and Organizational
Behavior Management, M.S.
Clinical Psychology, Psy.D.
Forensic Psychology, B.A.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, M.S., Ph.D.
Organizational Behavior Management, M.S.
Psychology, B.A., B.S.
Undergraduate Minor Programs
Forensic Psychology
Psychology
Professors
Arthur Gutman, Ph.D., personnel law, program evaluation, applied
statistics, personnel psychology, research design.
Thomas H. Harrell, Ph.D., psychometrics and computerized psychological
assessment, use of MMPI-2 in clinical evaluation, cognitive-behavioral
approaches to assessment and therapy, adaptation to aging.
Mary Beth Kenkel, Ph.D., clinical/community psychology, rural mental
health, gender issues, telehealth, prevention, future of professional
psychology.
Radhika Krishnamurthy, Psy.D., personality assessment with the
MMPI-2/MMPI-A and Rorschach, therapeutic test feedback, psychological
assessment competency, gender and cultural factors in assessment and
treatment.
Visiting Professor
Florence Kaslow, Ph.D., marital/family-, divorce- and remarriage-dynamics
and treatment, divorce mediation, sexual dysfunction, personality disorder.
Associate Professors
Richard T. Elmore Jr., Ph.D., marital and sex therapy, clinical hypnosis,
traumatology, occupational health psychology.
Philip D. Farber, Ph.D., psychological assessment, clinical training issues,
psychopathology, existential/humanistic approaches to therapy.
William K. Gabrenya Jr., Ph.D., cross-cultural differences in group
interaction, Chinese culture, social class and modernization, international
student adjustment, indigenous psychologies, political psychology, sex.
Richard L. Griffith, Ph.D., response distortion on noncognitive selection
procedures, advanced measurement issues, organizational innovation,
cognitive processes of work teams.