Degree Information
Academic Plan
AAS Public Relations
Academic Plan Code
3674
Credits
61-66
MCCCD Program Detail
http://aztransmac2.asu.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MCCCD.woa/wa/freeForm3?id=125801
Field of Interest
Notice
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Notes
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses required within the program.
The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Public Relations program provides students with general, practical, and marketable skills that will enable them to seek entry-level employment in public relations, such as press relations, community or consumer relations, market research, in-house publications, political campaigns, fund raising and volunteer recruitment. The program includes development of a portfolio that will exhibit students' ability to write both news and feature stories, to develop and plan events, and to produce brochures, advertisements, or small publications with desktop publishing. The curriculum combines coursework in public relations with a General Education component.
What You’ll Learn
This program will help you gain the expertise needed to:
- Perform microcomputer applications in word processing, spreadsheet, and database; explore basic business-personal computer concepts.
- Identify the fundamental characteristics and functions of modern business, including business principles, marketing, labor relations, and business risk.
- Read negatives and contact prints; use cropping/proportion wheel to size prints.
- Layout, edit and publish a small newspaper.
- Access news through use of the interview and other tools of journalism.
- Write news stories.
- Research and write human interest stories for a daily or weekly newspaper.
- Initiate and conduct public and promotional events.
- Initiate and conduct a public relations and advertising campaign for a public school, a political candidate, a business or an organization.
- Write press releases.
- Describe the interrelationship among the mass media: newspapers, magazines, television, motion pictures, radio, recordings, books, advertising and public relations.
- Describe the principles for marketing, labor relations, business risk, public relations and record keeping for a small business.
- Create, design, and market an advertising campaign.
- Write, edit, and market a variety of feature styles ranging from the "How To" to the "Feature Report.
- Explain the impact of racial and gender roles on the media and the impact of media roles on U.
- Describe roles, contributions, and challenges of the minority press in the United States.
Restricted Electives
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Credits: | 3 | |
| GBS110 | Human Relations in Business and Industry | 3 |
| MGT251 | Human Relations in Business | 3 |
| GBS233 | Business Communication | 3 |
| JRN236 | Advanced Practicum: Public Relations | 3 |
General Education Requirements
| General Education Requirement | Credits: 22-27 | |
| General Education Core | Credits: 12-17 | |
| First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | |
| Any approved general education courses from the First-Year Composition area | 6 | |
| Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | |
| COM100 | Introduction to Human Communication (3) OR | |
| COM110 | Interpersonal Communication (3) OR | |
| COM225 | Public Speaking (3) OR | |
| COM230 | Small Group Communication (3) | 3 |
| Critical Reading | Credits: 0-3 | |
| CRE101 | College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR | |
| equivalent as indicated by assessment. | 0-3 | |
| Mathematics | Credits: 3-5 | |
| MAT112 | Mathematical Concepts and Applications (3) OR | |
| MAT120 | Intermediate Algebra (5) OR | |
| MAT121 | Intermediate Algebra (4) OR | |
| MAT122 | Intermediate Algebra (3) OR | |
| satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics courses | 3-5 | |
| General Education Distribution | Credits: 10 | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 3 | |
| Any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design area. | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | |
| Any approved general education course from the Social-Behavioral Sciences area. | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | |
| Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area | 4 | |
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