Public Relations, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

Introduction to College

• One of:
  • COMM 1000 — Communication Studies at Northeastern
  • JRNL 1000 — Journalism at Northeastern

Foundation Courses

• COMM 1113 — Business and Professional Speaking
• JRNL 5311 — Design for Storytelling
• JRNL 5480 — Research for Media Strategy
• PREL 3625 — Public Relations Practice

• From the catalog

  A grade of C or better is required for the following:

• JRNL 2200 — Writing for Public Relations
• PREL 1425 — Public Relations Principles

Introductory/Intermediate Electives

From the catalog

Complete two of the following (and any required corequisites):

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
  • COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
  • COMM 1231 — Principles of Organizational Communication
  • COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age
  • COMM 2303 — Global and Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 2510 — Social Media Analytics
  • All of:
    • JRNL 1101 — Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
    • JRNL 1102 — Journalist’s Toolbox
  • JRNL 1150 — Understanding Today’s News
  • JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Advanced Electives

From the catalog

Complete three of the following (other courses may be proposed in consultation with your academic advisor):

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • COMM 3320 — Political Communication
    • COMM 6320 — Political Communication
  • COMM 3409 — Advocacy Writing
  • One of:
    • COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
    • COMM 6500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and Media
  • COMM 4102 — Health Communication Campaigns
  • COMM 4631 — Crisis Communication and Image Management
  • JRNL 3610 — Digital Storytelling and Social Media
  • JRNL 4650 — Ethics and Diversity in the News Media
  • JRNL 5400 — Media and Advocacy in Theory and Practice
  • JRNL 5420 — Public Relations Strategies for Managing Scandal in Business and Politics
  • PREL 3627 — Critical Thinking About Public Relations Strategies

Subject Expertise

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete three electives in the subject of your interest (e.g., public health, computer science, biology) in consultation with your advisor.

Capstone

• COMM 4608 — Strategic Communication Capstone

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Students interested in a PlusOne program in the School of Journalism or Department of Communication Studies should take the graduate version of these courses.

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under public-relations-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.