Undergraduate
Minors
Advertising
The Department of Journalism and Public Relations offers two advertising minors: one for marketing majors in the Kelley School of Business and the other for majors in other areas.
A minor in Advertising requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for a baccalaureate degree
- completion of 19 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course
- to declare the minor, complete the IU School of Liberal Arts online declaration form or visit the Miriam Z. Langsam Office of Student Affairs in the IU School of Liberal Arts located in Cavanaugh Hall room 401
- students majoring in journalism and minoring in advertising may share JOUR J300 and JOUR J400 between the major and the minor
Minor Requirements:
Kelley School of Business – Marketing Majors
- *JOUR J320 Principles of Creative Advertising (3 credits) Required prerequisite for all other courses in the sequence. BUS M415 may be substituted
- *JOUR J300 Communications Law [P: Sophomore standing] (3 credits) BUS L203 or BUS L204 may be substituted
- JOUR J335 Advertising Copywriting [P: JOUR J320] (3 credits)
- JOUR J463 Graphic Design I [P: JOUR J320] (3 credits)
- JOUR J420 Advertising Concepts and Copywriting [P: JOUR J320 & JOUR J335] (3 credits)
- JOUR J438 Advertising Issues & Research [P: JOUR J 300, JOUR J320, JOUR J335, & JOUR J420] (3 credits)
- *JOUR J400 Careers in Public Relations (1 credit) BUS X320 may be substituted
Note: Items identified with * have required marketing courses that may be taken as substitute for a journalism class and also counted toward the minor in Advertising. These rules apply ONLY to marketing majors.
Other Areas:
- JOUR J320 Principles of Creative Advertising (3 credits) Required prerequisite for all other courses in the sequence. Offered fall and spring
- JOUR J300 Communications Law [P: Sophomore standing] (3 credits) Offered fall and spring
- JOUR J335 Advertising Copywriting [P: JOUR J320] (3 credits) Offered spring
- JOUR J463 Graphic Design I [P: JOUR J320] (3 credits) Offered fall and spring
- JOUR J420 Advertising Concepts and Copywriting [P: JOUR J335] (3 credits) Offered in fall
- JOUR J438 Advertising Issues & Research [P: JOUR J420] (3 credits) Offered in spring
- JOUR J400 Careers in Public Relations [P: Junior standing] (1 credit) Offered fall and spring
For more information contact the Academic Advisor in Journalism and Public Relations, 317-274-3976, located in Cavanaugh Hall (CA) 401.
