The field of communication is growing quickly, and there are many opportunities if you have the right education. After all, understanding how people communicate is a skill with unlimited applications in the working world.
You can gain that education by choosing the organizational communication and public relations track within Marietta’s strategic communication major. Study theory and research in small classes taught by award-winning faculty, and then put that knowledge into practice through internships, group projects and ventures with outside clients. Courses in training development, health communication, public relations, communication ethics and crisis communication are just a few of the options.
You will gain a solid background in communication within organizations, between organizations and with outside audiences. Graduates have an excellent track record in a variety of exciting careers.
Sample Four-Year Schedule
First Year (Fall Semester)
Mass Media 101 | Media and Society | 3 credit hours |
Communication 110 | Human Communication | 3 credit hours |
Writing 110 | College Composition | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Historical Perspectives | 3 credit hours |
FYS 199 | First Year Seminar | 3 credit hours |
FYS 194 | Piopathway Lab | 1 credit hour |
Semester Credit Hours | 16 credit hours |
First Year (Spring Semester)
Media Skills course | 3 credit hours | |
Communication 230 | Comm. Theory & Research I | 3 credit hours |
Communication 101 | Fundamentals of Communication | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Science (with lab) | 4 credit hours |
Semester Credit Hours | 16 credit hours |
Second Year (Fall Semester)
Communication 211 | Organizational Communication | 3 credit hours |
Mass Media 230 | Intro to Public Relations | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Fine Arts | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Diversity & Global | 3 credit hours |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 credit hours |
Second Year (Spring Semester)
Communication 301 | Group Discussion | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Science | 3 credit hours |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Communication/Mass Media elective | 3 credit hours | |
Cognate course | 3 credit hours | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 credit hours |
Third Year (Fall Semester)
General Education | Writing | 3 credit hours |
Communication/Mass Media elective | 3 credit hours | |
General Education | Fine Arts | 3 credit hours |
Cognate course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 credit hours |
Third Year (Spring Semester)
Communication 411 | Training & Development | 3 credit hours |
Communication/Mass Media elective | 3 credit hours | |
Communication 397/497 | Internship | 3 credit hours |
Cognate course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 credit hours |
Fourth Year (Fall Semester)
Communication 499 | Post-Internship Seminar | 3 credit hours |
Communication 420 | Business Communication Seminar | 3 credit hours |
General Education | Science | 3 credit hours |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 credit hours |
Fourth Year (Spring Semester)
Mass Media 420 | Media Law & Ethics | 3 credit hours |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 3 credit hours | |
Elective course | 1 credit hour | |
Semester Credit Hours | 13 credit hours |
* Remember that this schedule should just be seen as a guide toward your Advertising/Public Relations degree. Your schedule can be adjusted to accommodate a second major and/or minors at the College. You will work with your academic advisor to ensure that you graduate on schedule and with classes that most interest you and lead you toward the career path that you are working to achieve.