2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Communication, B.A.: Public Relations Option

General Education 47-48

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMM AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030, COMM 1402: A grade of “C” or better is required.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: General Education Required Course

Select two from the following areas:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: General Education Required Course

Select two from the following areas:
Psychology

3

Economics or Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

OR

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

MATH 1010 or MATH 1016 or MATH 1030 or MATH 1054 or CPS 1032 or CPS 1231: General Education Required Course

Select any two areas from below; one must be a lab course:
Biology

3,4

Chemistry or Physics

3,4

Astronomy, Geology or Meteorology

3,4

Interdisciplinary

3

Health/Physical Education 3

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

OR

ID 1010LEISURE & RECREATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

3

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

COMM 4962COMMUNICATION RESEARCH SEMINAR

3

Additional Requirements 3

Additional Requirements 3

ID 2415GROUP COMMUNICATION

3

Academic Major 45

Required Core I 12

COMM 2405PUBLIC SPEAKING

3

COMM 2503MASS MEDIA

3

COMM 3510PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION

3

COMM 3720COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA THEORY

3

Required Core II 18

COMM 2403PRODUCTION FOUNDATIONS

3

COMM 2920INTRODUCTORY JOURNALISM

3

COMM 3660PUBLIC RELATIONS

3

 

COMM 3920SPECIALTY WRITING ON THE WEB

3

OR

COMM 3915FEATURE WRITING

3

 

COMM 4620PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING

3

COMM 4640PUBLIC RELATIONS CASES

3

Communication Electives 15

Choose any 5 COMM courses

Free Electives: 27-28

At least 50% must be 3000/4000 level

Students should not take COMM courses as free electives

Total Credit Hours: 124