Degree:BS: Advertising/Public Relations (JAPR)
For Students Entering Fall 2011
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. .
Courses numbered 0** do not count in minimum hours required for a degree. 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
Community
†ENGL 111
Composition & Rhetoric
ENGL 112
Composition and
Literature
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, Intro to
Psychology
or *SOCI 111, Intro to
Sociology
EXSC 100
Lifetime Wellness
(Fall or Spring)
1 hr.
CORE120
Human Person and
Identity
JMC 100
Media Issues
(fall or spring)
MATW 120/020,
MATH 120 or higher
(fall or spring,)
EXERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
JR
Spring
Advanced Bible
CORE 320
Discovery and Creation
of Meaning
UNIV 011 or UNIV 012
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.
COMS 211
Speech and Rhetoric
JMC 201
Intro to Visual Media
(see@ note above)
EXERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC 348
Principles of Advertising
JMC 342
Publication Design
4 hrs.
**MKTG 320
Principles of Marketing
ELECTIVE
JMC 239 Writing for
Electronic Delivery
JMC 347
Principles of Public
Relations
JMC 495-Internship
1 hr.
**MKTG 344,
Marketing Promotion or
**MGMT 330, Mgmt
and Org. Behavior
JMC 488
Communication Law
(Fall or Spring)
$ Selection from list
below
ELECTIVE
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
Summer
JR
Fall
Required if condition
of Admission or if student is
placed on academic
probation:
ELECTIVE
1 hr.
Required only if
unsatisfactory
in High School:
JMC 321 Media Lab
0 hour
3 hours in chosen
3 hours in chosen
$Selection from list
(2 semesters are required;
SR
ELECTIVE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Support Field
Support Field
below
one must be with the
Fall
6 hrs
JMC Student Agency,
Morris & Mitchell)
JMC 321 Media Lab
BIBL 440
0 hour
Christian Vocation and
3 hours in chosen
3 hours in chosen
JMC 492
(2 semesters are required;
SR
JMC ELECTIVE
Total Hours = 128
Mission
Support Field
Support Field
Ad/PR Campaigns
one must be with the
Spring
2 hr.
JMC Student Agency,
Morris & Mitchell)
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. * These classes are required under this
degree plan, but also fulfill university social science hours. **COBA hours may be included in the 15-hour support field or may be included in the 16 hour elective block.
JMC 310 – Interactive Media
or
JMC 351 Electronic
Publishing
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