Public Relations Minor

(18 Credit Hours)

The Public Relations Minor explores how to help organizations build and maintain good reputations and communicate effectively with employees, the media, community groups, and other constituents important to their success. Courses in this concentration emphasize the use of strategic communication to place messages in the media through media releases, editorial content, and promotion. Students learn more comprehensive and nuanced understandings of organizations, various media, and the construction of effective campaigns.

Required Core

12 Credits Required

COMM 204 - Media and Society 3 Credits
COMM 368 - Public Relations 3 Credits
COMM 390 - PR Writing 3 Credits
COMM 466 - Contemporary Issues in Public Relations 3 Credits

3 Credits of Applied Core

Choose 3 Credits from the Applied Core List

COMM 455 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits
COMM 470 - Public Campaigns 3 Credits
COMM 472 - Social Media Management 3 Credits

3 Credits of Field of Electives

Choose 3 Credits from the Field of Electives List

COMM 214 - Topics in Communication 3 Credits
COMM 220 - Print-Based Media Production 3 Credits
COMM 270 - Photojournalism 3 Credits
COMM 290 - Introduction to Media Writing 3 Credits
COMM 308 - Journalism History 3 Credits
COMM 309 - Reporting 3 Credits
COMM 326 - Introduction to Health Communication 3 Credits
COMM 328 - Health Communication Theory 3 Credits
COMM 333 - Applied Health Communication 3 Credits
COMM 361 - Small-Group Communication 3 Credits
COMM 373 - Internet as Cultural Communication 3 Credits
COMM 381 - Political Communication 3 Credits
COMM 388 - Sport Communication 3 Credits
COMM 414 - Special Topics 3 Credits
COMM 422 - Community Journalism 3 Credits
COMM 428 - Media and Identity 3 Credits
COMM 433 - Media Criticism 3 Credits
COMM 435 - Digital Storytelling 3 Credits
COMM 455 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits
COMM 459 - Communication Law and Ethics 3 Credits
COMM 464 - Individual Project in Communication 3 Credits
COMM 470 - Public Campaigns 3 Credits
COMM 472 - Social Media Management 3 Credits
COMM 482 - Public Culture 3 Credits
COMM 483 - Gender Communication 3 Credits
COMM 492 - Professional Internship in Communication 3-6 Credits
Note: A course taken to complete the 3 credit Applied Core requirement cannot fulfill this 3 credit Field of Study Elective requirement.

Note:

Students may complete more than one minor in the Department of Communication.

The Public Relations Minor is not available to students who have declared the Public Relations Major.