Help organizations and brands engage and build relationships with stakeholders through strategic communication and storytelling.
Who tells your story?
Have a gift for telling a great story? Take pride in telling the world about the accomplishments of others? Do you feel a responsibility to defend those who are wrongly accused?
Public relations prepares you to use your gifts as a communicator in so many ways — help businesses grow and raise money; help politicians win elections; and help organizations or people you love get the attention they deserve.
Our major is an interdisciplinary program that prepare students for a wide range of jobs and careers. Students take courses that draw theoretical inspiration from well-established scholarly traditions, ranging from psychology and economics to advertising and rhetorical theory. This allows students to become creative, effective and ethical strategic communicators.
Hands-on experience
We bridge the gap between theory and practice by providing students with valuable internships and hands-on experience. This helps our students stand out in job applications. Students can get involved with the campus radio station (WFPS-FM), the campus television station (MC-TV) and the campus newspaper (Courier) to expand their resumes. Students are also provided with a substantial number of writing assignments that mirror tasks of public relations professionals. And they are encouraged to partake in theoretically anchored classroom discussions.
