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Public Relations Major
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Public Relations Major (41 Credits)
Public relations is a management function that plans an organization’s communications objectives and programs. Students learn that public relations professionals try to promote goodwill for their organizations, primarily by transmitting information to a variety of publics and constituencies.

A. Mass Communication Core
All of the following:
    AR103    Art Foundations
    AR303    Graphic Design I
    E295    Practical Grammar & Usage
    MC111    Introduction to Mass Communication
    MC201    Reporting I
    MC308    Editing
    MC488    Contemporary Issues in Mass Communications
    MC497    Internship (3 credits minimum)

B. All of the following:
    MC230    Principles of PR
    MC314    PR Writing
    MC400    PR Research
     MC443    Case Studies in Public Relations

C. Six credits selected from the following:
Special Topics
    AR344    Photo Digital Imaging
    AR403    Graphic Design II
    CS102    Introduction to Computer Applications
    MC298    Field Exploration
    MC301    Reporting II
    MC331    Reporting Govt. Affairs
    MC410    Media Law
    MC498    Special Topics
    MG219    Principles of Management
    MK217    Principles of Marketing
    MK372    Advertising
    S110    Sociological Imagination


(07-09 Catalog)




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