2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Oct 15, 2025

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Relations Minor

The Public Relations minor requires 21 credit hours.

Requirements

COMS 140 - Principles of Public Speaking
COMS 220 - Introduction to Public Relations
MC 200 - Introduction to Mass Media Writing Writing Reinforcement -
MC 452 - Public Relations Writing Writing Reinforcement -

Elective Hours

3 hours from each of the 3 Content Areas

Choose one of the following communication management courses.

Choose of of the following persuasion courses.

COMS 330 - Persuasion
COMS 435 - Social Movement Rhetoric
MK 351 - Principles of Marketing Writing Reinforcement -
MK 352 - Professional Selling

Choose one of the following production courses.

ART 250 - Introduction to New Media (Prerequisites may be waived for PR minors)
ART 255 - Introduction to Graphic Design (To take this course, PR minors must complete prerequisites)
COMS 310 - Social Media and Public Relations
COMS 495 - Public Relations Campaigns *
MC 310 - Publication Layout and Design
MC 315 - Video Field and Post Production
MC 327 - Television and Digital Reporting
MC 375 - Strategies for Video in Social Media
*Courses can only be used to satisfy one content area requirement.