Degree:BS: Advertising/Public Relations (JAPR)
For Students Entering Fall 2010
This is a sample schedule to illustrate how long it will take to complete this degree plan. Additional semesters may be necessary if you are required to complete courses listed in the right-hand column or if you repeat courses. Consult
with your academic advisor before changing the sequence of courses. Some courses are not offered every semester and some courses have prerequisites. Check the course description in the current catalog for details. Failure to
complete courses in the recommended sequence may delay graduation.
FR
Fall
† BIBL 101
Life & Teachings
of Jesus
FR
Spring
BIBL 102
Acts-Revelation
Summer
LITERATURE
SO
Fall
BIBL 211
Message of the Old
Testament
SO
Spring
CORE 220
†ENGL 111
Composition & Rhetoric
ENGL 112
SCIENCE
(see degree plan for
choices)
SCIENCE OR
SOCIAL SCIENCE /
HUMANITIES / FINE
ARTS
(See degree plan for
choices for either)
SCIENCE OR
SOCIAL SCIENCE /
HUMANITIES / FINE
ARTS
(See degree plan for
choices for either)
†CORE 110
Cornerstone
#JMC 102 Creating
Media Messages
(fall or spring)
PSYC 120 or SOCI 111
EXSC 100
Lifetime Wellness
(Fall or Spring)
1 hr.
CORE120
JMC 100
Media Issues
(fall or spring)
MATH 120 or 123
(fall or spring,)
EXERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
JR
Spring
SR
Fall
COMS 240
JMC 201
Intro to Visual Media
(see@ note above)
EXERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC 348
Principles of AD
JMC 342
Publication Design
4 hrs.
ELECTIVE
SR
Spring
MKTG 340
Principles of Marketing
ELECTIVE
JMC 239 Writing for
Electronic Delivery
JMC 347
Principles of PR
CORE 320
JMC 495-Internship
1 hr.
MKTG 344or
MGMT 330
JMC 488
Communication Law
(Fall or Spring)
$ Selection from list
below
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC 310 – Interactive Media
or
JMC 351 Electronic
Publishing
$Selection from list
below
JMC 321 Media Lab
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC ELECTIVE
JMC 492
Ad/PR Campaigns
JMC 321 Media Lab
BIBL 440
2 hr.
May be required based
on ACT or SAT scores:
MATH:
MATW 019
MATW020
MATW 030
ENGLISH:
ENGL 003
ENGL 004
ENGL 106
ENGL 006
ENGL 107
ENGL 007
Advanced Bible
ELECTIVE
UNIV 011
Learning Strategies
@ Study Abroad can be done in sophomore fall if JMC 201 is taken in freshman year or summer after freshman
year; or consider Study Abroad during a summer. See advisor for details.
Summer
JR
Fall
Required if condition
of Admission:
ELECTIVE
1 hr.
Required only if
unsatisfactory
in High School:
SCIENCE
3 hrs
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6 hrs
Total Hours = 128
Each block represents 3 hours unless otherwise noted. Minimum 2.25 cumulative GPA required overall; 2.0 in JMC. † Freshman Requirement.  This course or its equivalent is offered at one of ACU’s semester-long Study Abroad
sites. Those planning to study abroad should save these courses. See www.acu.edu/study-abroad for updated courses. # Requires ACT English score of 24 or SAT Verbal score of 550 or Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS)
score of 70. $ Select 6 hours from JMC 223 Basic News, JMC 389 PR Writing), JMC 390 Ad Creativity and Copy Writing, JMC 391 Ad/PR Media Planning, JMC441 Topics in Mass Media