Recommended Academic Plan for Advertising/Public Relations- Public Relations Option (ADPR-PR at University Park)
Effective Summer 2006

Semester 1

Credits

Semester 2

Credits

ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Rhetoric & Comp or Honors Comp

3

CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech

3

Foreign Language

4

Foreign Language

4

PSYCH 100 (GS) Intro Psychology or ECON 002 (GS) Microeconomic Anly

3

PSYCH 100 (GS) Intro Psychology or ECON 002 (GS) Microeconomic Anly

3

COMM 160 Basic News Writing Skills

1

Arts (GA)

3

Natural Sciences (GN)

3

Natural Sciences (GN)

3

First-Year Seminar

1

 

 

Total Credits:

15

Total Credits:

16

Semester 3

Credits

Semester 4

Credits

Natural Sciences (GN)

3

COMM 370 Public Relations

3

Foreign Language

4

Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain

3

Quantification (GQ)

3

Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)

3

Humanities (GH)

3

Other Cultures

3

Arts (GA)

3

Humanities (GH)

3

Total Credits:

16

Total Credits:

15

Semester 5

Credits

Semester 6

Credits

STAT 200 (GQ) Elementary Statistics

4

COMM 420 Research in AD/PR

3

COMM 260W News Writing and Reporting

3

ADDITIONAL COMM 300/ 400 level (see advisor or degree audit)

3

Elective

3

ENGL 202 (GWS) Effective Writing

3

Elective

3

Elective

3

Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)

3

Elective

3

Total Credits:

16

Total Credits:

15

Semester 7

Credits

Semester 8

Credits

COMM 471 Public Relations Methods

3

COMM 473 Public Relations Problems

3

ADDITIONAL COMM 300/ 400 level (see advisor or degree audit)

3

COMM any (except COMM 100)

3

Elective

3

Elective

3

Elective

3

Elective

3

Health and Physical Activity (GHA)

1.5

Health and Physical Activity (GHA)

1.5

Total Credits:

13.5

Total Credits:

13.5

Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester:

Program Notes:

Advertising/Public Relations is a controlled major; acceptance based upon successful completion of the entrance to major requirements.

Academic Advising Notes: