Public Relations
& Advertising

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science


Core Curriculum
(Areas A, B, C, D, E, and additional requirements)
47 hrs
Area F
Courses Appropriate to the Program of Study
18 hrs
COMM 2101
COMM 2105
COMM 2106
ENGL 2104
Writing for the Media
Mass Media and Society
African-Americans in the Media
Advanced Composition
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs

Foreign language sequence
(These may include the second elementary level course and the first intermediate level course of the same language, or two intermediate level courses in the same language.)

Recommended: SPAN 1002, and SPAN 2001 or SPAN 2001 and SPAN 2002

6 hrs

PLEASE NOTE:
COMM 4810 Introduction to Communication Research HAS BEEN MADE A REQUIRED ELECTIVE IN EACH AREA OF CONCENTRATION IN THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE PROGRAM.

PROGRAM OF STUDY
COMM 3110
COMM 3120
COMM 3401
COMM 4101
COMM 4106
COMM 4402

COMM 4406
COMM 4705
COMM 4902
Desktop Publishing
Introduction to Communications Theory
Introduction to Public Relations and Advertising Advertising Copy Writing
Communications Practicum
Public Relations and Advertising Campaigns
Public Relations and Advertising Workshop
Communications Law and Ethics
Professional Media Internship
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs

3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
Choose one of the following courses:
COMM 3102
COMM 3101
COMM 3130
COMM 3301
COMM 4810
Photo-Journalism
Media Arts and Design
History of Journalism
Introduction to Radio and Television Production Introduction to Communications Research
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
Other Requirements 6 hours
SPEH 4101
GEOG 1101
Advanced Speech
Introduction to Human Geography
3 hrs
3 hrs
Electives
(ENGL 2104 is a required elective)
9 hrs
TOTAL
36 hrs
Total hours required for the major in Mass Communications with a Public Relations & Advertising Concentration
125 hrs
MINOR IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS
All students completing a minor in mass communications are required to take and satisfactorily complete fifteen semester hours which must include COMM 2101 and other communications courses at 3000 or higher levels; however, COMM 2106 (African-Americans in the Media) may be taken with permission of the mass communications coordinator or the chair of the department. Suggested courses include, but are not limited to:
COMM 2101
COMM 3110
COMM 3120

COMM 3302
COMM 3401
Writing for the Media (required)
Desktop Publishing
Introduction to Communications Theory
(Prereq: Junior standing)
Speech for Radio and Television
Intro. to Public Relations and Advertising
(Prereq: COMM 2101)
3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs

3 hrs
3 hrs