Public Relations, Bachelor of Arts

The public relations major requires 39 hours of credit and leads to the bachelor of arts degree.

Public Relations Major Requirements

Core Courses

ARTD 113	Drawing	3
BUSN 101	Business Management	3
COMM 210	Producing Digital Narratives	3
COMM 301	Persuasion/Argumentation	3
COMM 304/ENGL 304	Literary, Visual, and Media Theory	3
COMM 315	Advanced Topics in Media Communication	1
COMM 430	Gender Studies in Media Communication	3
DMDA 120	Introduction to Digital Media	3
DMDA 140	Introductory Computer Programming	3
ENGL 264	Storytelling	3
COMM	Communication electives (Select courses from below)	9

COMM 315 must be completed three times.

Public Relations Electives

COMM 226	Fundamentals of Digital Journalism	3
COMM 227	Literary Journalism	3
COMM 231	Newspaper Production	1
COMM 232	Broadcast Writing	3
COMM 235	Magazine Production	1
COMM 331	Newspaper Production	1
COMM 335	Magazine Production	1
COMM 306	Introduction To Public Relations	3
COMM 308	Applied Public Relations	3
COMM 395	Practicum	3
COMM 405	Internship	3

PUBLIC RELATIONS REQUIREMENTS AT A GLANCE
Type of Credit	Required Credits
General Education (For B.A.)*	49
Major	39
Elective	32
Total Credits to Earn Degree	120
*Based on students arriving as first time freshmen. Some general education requirements are met through required major courses. This reduces the number of required general education credits.