The request to delete the Elective Track Requirement-International Public Relations

Date: December 15, 2011
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: December 15, 2011
Implementation Date: 2011

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS

Students electing the certificate in International Public Relations must be enrolled as majors in the Public Relations track. In addition to completing the standard core and required track courses, students must complete the following elective additional track work, related course work, and language requirements:

ELECTIVE ADDITIONAL TRACK WORK (6 3 credit hours)

Students must complete COMM 4147, International Public Relations, or COMM 4050, London Seminar in Public Relations. and either COMM 4410, Professional Internship (with international focus) or ANTH 4120, Intercultural Communication.

RELATED COURSEWORK (9 credit hours)

Students may either complete a semester of study abroad earning at least 9 credit hours at a non-American university OR complete an additional 9 credit hours of related course work selected from the following courses (or other appropriate courses approved by the student’s advisor). At least 3 credit hours must be taken at the 3000-level or above.

ANTH 2010 Topics in Ethnography (3)

ANTH 2111 Peoples of Africa (3)

ANTH 2115 Culture and Society in the Middle East (3)

ANTH 2116 Contemporary Latin America (3)

ANTH 4120 Intercultural Communications (3)*

COMM 3127 Global Media (3)

HIST 2200 Asian Civilization (3)

HIST 2201 History of Modern Asia / INTL 2201 Introduction to Asian Studies (3)

HIST 2207 Modern Latin America / INTL 2401 Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)

HIST 2211 Modern Africa / INTL 2101 Introduction to African Studies (3)

HIST 3116 Twentieth Century Europe / INTL 2301 Introduction to European Studies (3)

INTL 1101 Introduction to International Studies (3)

INTL 3000 Topics in International Studies (3)

POLS 1130 Comparative Politics (3)

POLS 1150 International Politics (3)

POLS 3141 European Politics (3)

POLS 3143 African Politics (3)

POLS 3144 Latin American Politics (3)

POLS 3148 Chinese Politics (3)

POLS 3164 U.S.-Latin American Relations (3)

POLS 3165 East Asia in World Affairs (3)

POLS 3169 African International Relations (3)

SPAN 3029 Cultural Dimensions of Doing Business with Spanish-Speaking Countries (3)

*ANTH 4120 cannot be counted as both an Elective Track course and a Related Course

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

In addition to department and university foreign language requirements, students must complete one additional 2000-level foreign language course beyond the departmental foreign language requirement. The following courses would meet this requirement:

French 2202 or 2210

German 2202 or 2210

Spanish 2202 or 2205

Italian 2202

Portuguese 2202

Japanese 2201

Russian 2201

International, non-native English speakers must score a minimum of 550 on the TOEFL, a minimum of 85

on the MELAB.

In addition to the changes indicated above, the following change would be made to preceding catalog copy addressing the standard public relations track:

PUBLIC RELATIONS CONCENTRATION (24 hours)

The Public Relations concentration is designed to provide students with a general background in public relations. Students examine both the theory and practice of public relations. Students choosing this concentration complete the following courses:

JOUR 2100 Language Craft (2)

JOUR 2160 Introduction to Journalism (3) (W)

COMM 2145 Principles of Public Relations (3)

COMM 3245 Public Relations Writing (3)

COMM 3246 Public Relations Strategy (3)

COMM 4145 Communication Campaigns (3)

PLUS:

COMM 4410 Professional Internship (3) for standard public relations major

Or

COMM 4445 Professional International Internship (3) for International PR Certificate