Grad­u­ate School Tips: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion De­part­ment

Mishawaka—Bethel stu­den­t’s look­ing to go to grad school should lis­ten to these tips from the Com­mu­ni­ca­tion De­part­ment. Dr. Theodore Williams gave his best and most use­ful tips for ex­celling in grad­u­ate school. 

“The first thing is get to know your pro­fes­sors. You want to know when they give lec­tures and how they give them; you want to know how they give ex­ams. What their ex­pec­ta­tions are as far as pa­pers or ex­ams. As soon as you get that exam back, study to un­der­stand what the pro­fes­sor is like,” he said. 

William's sec­ond tip is to learn the in­for­ma­tion you did­n’t learn in col­lege. 

“Learn the con­tent, don’t waste the time and money. You want to learn some new in­for­ma­tion that you did­n’t learn in col­lege, so learn every­thing you can about that con­tent," he said.

He added, "If you are get­ting your mas­ter's in com­mu­ni­ca­tion or a Ph.D. in a field of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, you want to learn as much as you can about that field. That way you just don’t have ini­tials af­ter your name, but more im­por­tantly you gained some more in­for­ma­tion.” 

Know­ing your­self is a big help to how you can do your best in grad­u­ate school, he added. Learn­ing about your your­self is im­por­tant.

“You are the com­mon de­nom­i­na­tor no mat­ter what grad school you go to, no mat­ter what you ma­jor in. If you don’t mas­ter your­self get­ting a mas­ter's de­gree does­n’t mean any­thing.”