Bachelor of Arts in Communication - Public Relations

For general degree requirements, see the College of the Arts and the General Degree Requirements pages.

Area A Essential Skills                         Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options                 Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 1125/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 27555
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                 Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/PHIL 2010
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology         Required Hours: 10-11
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1110 (no lab); GEOL 1112/1112L; GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105; CPSC 1301/1301L; MATH 1113; MATH 1125; MATH 1131; MATH 1132; MATH 1165; MATH 2125; PHIL 2500; STAT 1127

Area E Social Sciences                            Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2030/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                            Required Hours: 3
PHED 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major            Required Hours: 18 
Select three course from the following four courses:
COMM 2105 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 2137 Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 2110 Inter-Ethnic Cultural Communication
COMM 2136 Group Communication
Take the following courses:
Foreign Language 1002, 2001
ENGL 2157 Writing in the English Major  or Foreign Language 2002

Area G Program Requirements               Required Hours: 9
COMM 3256 Communication Theory
COMM 3255 Communication Research
COMM 4116 Communication Law and Ethics
COMM 4000 Exit Assessment

Area H Program Electives                        Required Hours: 33

Area H1 Media Production                        Required Hours: 9
COMM 3235 Interactive Media Production
COMM 4259 Integrated Web Design
COMM 3156 Video Production

Area H2 Writing Electives                         Required Hours: 9
ENGL 3155 News Writing
COMM 3242 Writing for Media
Select one of the following courses:
ENGL 3126 Feature Writing
ENGL 3156 Advertising Writing
ENGL 3128 Editorial and Opinion Writing
ENGL 3127 Scriptwriting

Area H3 Communication Electives           Required Hours: 12 
COMM 3141 Introduction to Public Relations
COMM 4141 Public Relations Management
COMM 4142 Public Relations Campaigns 
Select one of the following courses:
COMM 3119 Introduction to Computer Mediated Communication
COMM 3135 Persuasion
COMM 3146 Political Communication
COMM 4145 Organizational Communication
COMM 4147 Advertising Campaigns

Area H4 Non-Communication Electives   Required Hours: 3
Select one of the following courses:
MGMT 3109   Principles of Management for Non-Business Majors 
MKTG 3109    Principles of Marketing for Non-Business Majors

Area I General Electives                              Required Hours: 18
Select one or both of the following courses:
COMM 3698 Junior Internship
COMM 4698 Senior Internship

Total Hours Required: 123