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Nov 21, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Journalism, Advertising-Public Relations Concentration (Recording Industry) B.S.
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 Return to: College of Media and Entertainment
Journalism and Strategic Media
615-898-2814
Matt Taylor, program coordinator
Matthew.Taylor@mtsu.edu
Advertising and public relations are distinct fields; these programs help students prepare for positions in advertising agencies and departments, media sales and management, advertising production and design, public relations agencies and departments, and organizational and employee relations.
Students in public relations may choose the general program or a specialty in the recording industry. By the junior year students should choose a minor.
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Degree Requirements
| General Education |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
59 hours* |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
2-8 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 (59 hours)
School of Journalism and Strategic Media Core (14 hours)
Writing/Design Requirements (9 hours)
Conceptual Requirements (24 hours)
Professional Topics (9 hours)
Senior Capstone (3 hours)
Minor (15-18 hours)
- Selected from outside the School of Journalism and Strategic Media with advisor approval; students may wish to consider a minor in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business.
Electives (2-8 hours)
- Students in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media (SOJSM) must complete 50 hours in liberal arts and sciences including General Education requirements and one minor from outside SOJSM. 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 (Recording Industry)
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.
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