Mar 28, 2024  
2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Journalism, Advertising-Public Relations Concentration (Public Relations), B.S.


Journalism and Strategic Media  
615-898-2814
Hanna Park, program coordinator
Hanna.Park@mtsu.edu

The public relations program helps students prepare for positions in public relations agencies, public relations and corporate communications departments, governmental public affairs departments, employee relations departments, and non -profit agencies.

Areas covered include strategic communications, media relations, corporate communications, crisis communications, entertainment public relations, healthcare public relations, international public relations, and research methods.

Students in public relations may choose the general program or a specialty in the recording industry.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Journalism, Advertising-Public Relations (PR-General), B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


General Education 41 hours
Major Requirements 47 hours*
Minor 15-18 hours
Electives 14-20 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

General Education (41 hours)


General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following course required by the program meets General Education requirements:

Major Requirements (47 hours)


School of Journalism and Strategic Media Core (14 hours)


Conceptual Requirements (9 hours)


Professional Topics (12 hours)


Choose two:

Senior Capstone (3 hours)


Minor (15-18 hours)


  • Selected from outside the School of Journalism and Strategic Media and the Department of Media Arts with advisor approval; students may wish to consider a minor in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business.

Electives (14-20 hours)


  • Students in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media (SOJSM) must complete 72 hours of approved coursework from outside SOJSM or Department of Media Arts courses. Students must select at least nine hours of liberal arts/social sciences (beyond General Education); at least six hours of liberal arts/social science electives must come from courses at the 3000-level or higher.

Curriculum: Journalism, Advertising-Public Relations (Public Relations-General)


Curricular listings include General Education  requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Majors must have a C (2.00) or better in all Media and Entertainment courses.

Freshman


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 28-31 Hours