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Public Relations

Freshman Year

Fall Courses
Fall
BIO-101Nature of Life
3
ENG- 101 Written Comm I
3
HEA-200 Health Education
2
HIS-105 Civ I or HIS-107 African-American
3
MAT 109 or higher
3
PED-___ (1hour)
1
UNV-101 Indiv&Life
1
TOTAL
16
Spring Courses
Spring
ENG-102 Written Comm II
3
HIS-106 World Civ II
3
MAT-110 or higher
3
PED-___ (1 hour)
1
SCI-102 Intro to Physical Science
3
SPD-103 Oral Comm
3
TOTAL
16

 

Sophomore Year

Fall Courses
Fall
MME-200 Media & Multicultural Society
3
MME-201 Reporting & Newswriting 1
3
MME-202 Precision Language
2
HUM-201 Humanities I
3
CSC-120 or MGT-205
3
PSY-203 Intro to Psychology
3
TOTAL:
17
Spring Course
Spring
MME-209 Intro to PR
3
MME-300 Persuasion and Propaganda
3
POL-201 Intro to Political Science
3
HUM-202 Humanities II
3
PHI-210 Logic & Scientific Method
3
SOC-205 Intro to Sociology
3
TOTAL
18

 

Junior Year

Fall Courses
Fall
MME-318 Visual Comm
3
MME-321 Writing for PR
3
MGT-301 Business Org & Principles
3
ECO-200 Intro to Economics
3
SOC-210 or PSY 205 or GEO-201
3
ENG Lit (3 hours from list)
3
TOTAL:
18
Spring Courses
Spring
MME-329 Public Relations Research
3
MME-___ (elective, 3 hrs)
3
HIS (3 hours from list)
3
ENG Lit (3 hours from list)
3
MKT-305 Principles of Marketing
3
LAS Elective
3
TOTAL:
18

Senior Year

Fall Courses
Fall
MME-404 Ethics in Journalism/Comm
3
MME-__(elective, 1 hour)
1
ENT-210 Entrepreneurship
3
MME-495 Senior Capstone
3
MGT-400 Organizational Behavior
3
TOTAL:
13
Spring Courses
Spring
LAS Elective
3
MME-453 Comm Law
3
Outside elective

3

LAS Elective
3
TOTAL:
12

TOTAL CREDITS for DEGREE: 128

Our public relations students prepare for multi-faceted careers in public and community relations. They develop the skills they share with journalists - news judgment, reporting, writing. They learn to do reliable research, be spokespeople and strategists, develop campaigns and create relationships among different communities. To give them those skills and concepts, they follow this series of courses: