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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Advertising (BSAdv)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
COM 301EIntroduction to Communication Foundations (General Education)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
ADV 305Fundamentals of Advertising (Major)3
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
2nd Semester
ADV 309RIntroduction to Advertising and Public Relations Research (Core, Major) 0203
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 0803
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
3rd Semester
COM 302EInterdisciplinary Communication Foundations (General Education)3
ADV course (Major)3
ADV 325Introduction to Advertising Creativity (Major)3
Foreign Language (General Education)6
4th Semester
ADV 353Advertising and Public Relations Law and Ethics (Major)3
Free Elective (Elective)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Foreign Language (General Education)6
5th Semester
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0933
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
ADV 345JAdvertising and Public Relations Media Planning (Major)3
Foreign Language (General Education)3
Free Elective (Elective)3
6th Semester
MKT 320FFoundations of Marketing (Major)3
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
Free Elective (Elective)3
Upper-division ADV course (Major)3
ADV 344KAdvertising and Public Relations Research (Major)3
7th Semester
ADV 370JIntegrated Communications Management (Major)3
ADV 350Advertising Internship (Major)3
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
Free Elective (Elective)6
8th Semester
ADV 373Integrated Communications Campaigns (Major)3
Upper-division ADV course (Major)3
Upper-division ADV course (Major)3
Non-ADV Electives (Elective)6
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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