Undergraduate Programs
Degree Programs
Public Relations Track Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of journalism courses with a grade of C– or higher in each course from the following categories:
At Indianapolis, students are required to take J100 Computer Methods in Journalism in addition to the following required journalism courses:
- Core courses (18 credit hours):
- J110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication
- J200 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I
- J201 Reporting, Writing, and Editing II
- J210 Visual Communication
- J300 Communications Law
- Each of the following courses:
- J219 Introduction to Public Relations
- J320 Introduction to Advertising
- J340 Public Relations Tactics and Techniques
- J390 Public Relations Writing
- J428 Public Relations Research and Planning
- J429 Public Relations Campaigns
- J463 Public Relations Publications Design
- One careers course (1 credit hour):
- J400 Careers in Public Relations
- One internship course (1 credit hour):
- J492 Media Internship
- One Public Relations Elective (approved by advisor)
Students have the option of taking additional mass communications courses (journalism, telecommun-ications, and selected communication and culture), but no more than 47 credit hours total of mass communications courses may be counted in the total 123 credit hours required for the degree. The limit of 36 credit hours of mass communications courses may be increased to 50 credit hours if one of the courses includes J414, J438, J450, J470, or J475.
The grade point average of all journalism, telecom-munications, and selected communication and culture courses must be at least a 2.0.