Communication Major, Public Relations, BS, CO05

General Education Core 42 Requirements: 39 Hours

• Area 1A     6 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - see below for options
• Area 1B     3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
• Area 2A     6 hours Written Communication - see below for options
• Area 2B     3 hours Oral Communication - fulfilled by COMM 0100  or COMM 0101  
• Area 3       7 hours Natural Science 1 with and 1 without lab - see below for options
• Area 4       3 hours Mathematics - see below for options
• Area 5A     6 hours Humanities - see below for options
• Area 5B     3 hours Fine Arts - see below for options
• Area 5C     3 hours Global Competencies - see below for options
• Area 5D     2 hours Health and Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 MSSU-KCU Early Acceptance Program (MKEAP) students only
• IET 0105 - Professional Skills 3 This course is required for students in Engineering Technology and Logistics programs. Undecided majors welcome.

Communication Core: 24 Hours

• COMM 0100 - Oral Communication 3
• COMM 0101 - Introduction to Human Communication 3
• COMM 0111 - Newswriting 3
• COMM 0215 - Interpersonal Communication 3
• COMM 0310 - Communication Law 3
• COMM 0333 - Media Editing and Design 3
• COMM 0420 - Mass Communications Theory 3
• COMM 0492 - Communication Issues 3

Public Relations Communication Courses: 35 Hours

• COMM 0211 - Introduction to Public Relations 3
• COMM 0300 - Organizational Communication 3
• COMM 0305 - Intercultural Communication 3
• COMM 0340 - Research Methods in Communication 3
• COMM 0355 - Case Studies Public Relations 3
• COMM 0410 - Crisis Communication 3
• COMM 0455 - Writing for Public Relations 3

General Electives: 21 Hours

As needed to total 120 approved credit hours (includes 39 upper division hours 300-400 level).

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Total Hours: 120

COMM 0100  fulfills  General Education Core Requirement area 2B.

Institutional requirement UE 0100  may also be met by HNRS 0101  (2 credit hours).