FSU offers Undergraduate Communication Programs in two different locations:
There are also two minor options at the main campus:
Undergraduate Programs/Main Campus
Advertising
This program prepares students for careers in promotional management and public relations. Advertising students will focus on account management, creative strategy, media planning and research skills.
more information:
Advertising Advising Sheet (for students admitted prior to 2008)
Advertising Advising Sheet (for students admitted in 2008)
Public Relations
This program prepares students for careers in promotional management and public relations. Students in Public Relations will concentrate on public relations writing and tactics, research, and campaign management skills.
more information:
Public Relations Advising Sheet (for students admitted prior to 2008)
Public Relations Advising Sheet 2008 (for students admitted in 2008)
Media/Communication Studies
Students in Media/ Communication Studies will gain a solid liberal education highlighting media studies and human communication. Courses include the study of the history, evolution and the changing state of mass media, communication technologies, and techniques in mass media production. Students will develop an understanding for the economic and social effects of media, including legal and ethical issues. Students in these emphasis areas may pursue careers in media such as broadcasting, cable, advertising, video production, information technologies, as well as preparation for graduate study and professions in law, ministry, politics, lobbying, speech writing, and management.
more information:
Media/Communication Studies (for students admitted in 2008)
Media Production
Courses in Media Production will include the study of the history, evolution and the changing state of mass media, communication technologies, and techniques in mass media production. They will develop an understanding for the economic and social effects of media, including legal and ethical issues. Students in these emphasis areas may pursue careers in broadcasting, cable, advertising, video production, information technologies, and related fields.
more information:
Media Production Advising Sheet (for students admitted prior to 2008)
Media Production Advising Sheet (for students admitted in 2008)
Mass Media Studies
Students are no longer being admitted to the Mass Media Studies emphasis area after Spring 2007. Current students may choose to shift their major to Media/ Communication Studies, or to complete the Mass Media Studies program.
Courses in Mass Media Studies include the study of the history, evolution and the changing state of mass media, communication technologies, and techniques in mass media production. They will develop an understanding for the economic and social effects of media, including legal and ethical issues. Students in these emphasis areas may pursue careers in broadcasting, cable, advertising, video production, information technologies, and related fields.
more information:
Mass Media Studies Advising Sheet (for students admitted prior to 2008)
Communication Studies
Students are no longer being admitted to the Communication Studies emphasis area after Spring 2007. Current students may choose to shift their major to Media/ Communication Studies, or to complete the Communication Studies program.
Students in this emphasis area will gain a solid liberal education highlighting speech communication. Degrees in Communication Studies are applicable to a number of fields, including but not limited to: law, ministry, politics, lobbying, speech writing, and management.
Communication Studies Advising Sheet (36 hours) (for students admitted prior to 2008)
Communication Studies Advising Sheet (42 hours) (for students admitted prior to 2007)
Undergraduate Minors / Main Campus
Minor in Communication
The Department of Communication offers a minor in communication on a space-available basis only. The minor consists of twelve (12) semester hours in communication selected from the following courses.
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Requirements for Minor in Communication
Minor in Hispanic Marketing Communication
The minor program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Hispanic market. In order to accomplish this task, the courses that are incorporated in the program come from a variety of departments with core focuses in: modern language studies, business and marketing strategies/behavioral theory, and Hispanic cultural studies. Students completing this course of study will add to their professional repertoire a set of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that will allow them to successfully plan and execute marketing communication programs directed to Hispanic populations. This program will also provide marketers, advertisers, and the advertising industry with personnel that is qualified for positions targeting the Hispanic market (in diverse vertical markets).
more information:
http://hmc.comm.fsu.edu/minor.htm
Undergraduate Programs / Panama City Campus
Professional Communication
This program offers students the opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree in professional communication that includes a broad understanding of fundamental communication processes designed to meet their educational and career goals. Courses for the undergraduate degree are both theoretically based and professionally oriented. Graduates may receive either Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree.
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