DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at //www.convoclubs.com/registrar.

Program Requirements: Public Relations is a minimum 60 credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required for completion of the major.

WR 121 is a prerequisite course for this major

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CORE REQUIRED COURSES: 35 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PRLS 201	Intro to Public Relations	3
PRLS 211	Public Relations Techniques	3	WR 121 or equivalent
PRLS 301	Writing and Production for Public Relations[UWR]	4	PRLS 201 and PRLS 211
PRLS 311	Public Relations Cases and Campaigns	4	PRLS 201 and PRLS 211
BA 312	Principles of Marketing	4
COM 325	Intercultural Communication[AEH, DPD]	4
PRLS 401	Public Relations on Social Media	4	PRLS 301
PRLS 490	Legal and Ethical Problems in Public Relations[UWR]	4	PRLS 301
PRLS 498	Practicum	2
PRLS 499	Capstone	3

PROGRAM ELECTIVES: 25 credits

Select 25 credits from the following list, at least 14 of those credits must be upper-division

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
COM 111	Interpersonal Communication[GTW]	3
PSY 201	General Psychology[SSC]	4
PSY 202	General Psychology[SSC]	4	PSY 201
SOC 204	General Sociology[DPD,SSC,UWR]	5
SOC 205	General Sociology:Problems[SSC]	5
COM 211	Small Group Communication	3
COM 215	Conflict Management[AEH, UWR]	3
WR 222	Intro to Rhetoric[AEH,UWR]	4	WR 121
COM 225	Foundations of Digital Media[APC]	4
STAT 243	Elementary Statistics[SMI]	4	MATH 095 or MATH 095A & 095B
COM 260	Foundation of Mass Media	4
BA 225	Business Communications[UWR]	4	WR 121
SOC 327	Intro to Social Research[UWR]	5	SOC 204 & 205
WR 230	News Writing[UWR]T	4	WR 121 or equivalent
BA 321	Principles of Management	4
WR 330	Digital Rhetoric[UWR]	3	Junior or Senior standing
POLS 340	Politics and Media[SSC, UWR]	5
COM 345	Advertising Principles & Practice	4
MKT 346	Digital Marketing Social Media Strategies	4	BA 312
WR 351	Professional Editing & Publishing [available in even years]	4	At least Junior standing
COM 355	Organizational Communication[SSC]	4
PSY 360	Principle Social Psychology	5	PSY 201, 202
COM 452	Advanced New Media	4	COM 125 or COM 252
BA 461	Organizational Behavior	4	BA 321

Total credits required for major: 60

EPCC major creation May 2021 – Fall 2022 start term