The
University of Rhode Island
Department of Journalism
Requirements
of the Public
Relations Major
The major in Public Relations consists of 12 credits of pre-major courses, 15 credits of required courses and 18 credits of electives.
Acceptance into the major is by application only. Applicants must have a minimum QPA of 2.0 overall and 2.5 in the pre-major courses. Typically, the application period is in February. Based on QPA, only the top 25 applicants are admitted annually.
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Pre-major
courses
You must have completed (or be in the process of completing or have
a plan for completing) the following courses when you apply for the major:
COM 202 (101) -- Public Speaking, COM 210 -- Persuasion, JOR 220 -- Media
Writing (with a C or better) and STA 220 or MTH 107.
Required
courses
Everyone must complete all of the following: PRS 340 -- Public Relations,
PRS 441 -- Public Relations Practices, PRS 491 -- Public Relations Internship
(requires completion of PRS 340 and 441), COM 381 (306) -- Research Methods
and JOR 341 -- Editing for Publication I.
Elective
courses
Everyone must complete six elective courses, with at least one course from
each category.
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Writing
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Marketing
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Communication
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Specialty
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| JOR 321 -- Feature Writing | BUS 365 (MKT 301) -- Principles of Marketing | COM 302 -- Advanced Public Speaking | COM 415 -- Ethics of Persuasion |
| ** WRT 201 -- Writing Argumentative & Persuasive Texts | BUS 465 (MKT 405) -- Marketing Communication | COM 351 (320) -- Oral Communication | JOR 442 -- Editing II (design) |
| ** WRT 235 -- Writing in Electronic Environments | ** BUS 468 (MKT 451) -- Global Marketing | COM 415 -- Ethics of Persuasion | JOR 410 -- Media Issues |
| WRT 302 (301) -- Writing Cultures | COM 450 -- Organizational Communication | PSY 335 -- Social Behavior | |
| ** WRT 303 -- Public Writing | |||
| ** WRT 304 -- Writing for Community Service | |||
| WRT 333 -- Scientific/Technical Writing |
| ** May require curriculum modification form |
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