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Master's Program : : Media Management : : Public Relations : : Reporting & Editing Graduate Assistantships

For more info contact:

Dr. Jeanette Drake
PR grad coordinator
(330) 672-2571
jdrake2@kent.edu

Or:

Professor Tim Smith
graduate coordinator
(330) 672-8289
tdsmith@kent.edu

GRADUATE STUDIES

Public Relations

JMC's Public Relations program is designed to accommodate the needs of students who wish to pursue a management-level career at a public relations firm or at an in-house public relations department.

The Public Relations program offers intense professional training with courses including Values and Ethics management, PR Online Tactics and Media Relations and Publicity. JMC’s PR faculty offers a unique blend of scholarly research and real-world experience to give students the best learning environment possible.

REQUIRED CORE COURSES

• Introduction to Graduate Study in JMC
• Public Relations Theory and Practice
• Communication Theories
• Law for Public Relations and Advertising
• Public Relations Management
• Research Methods in JMC
• Media Relations & Publicity
• Public Relations (F2F) Tactics
• Public Relations Online Tactics
• Master's Professional Project

PROFESSIONAL PREREQUISITE COURSES
Required only of students lacking the necessary background for the program. This course will not count toward degree completion.

• Reporting for Mass Media

ELECTIVE COURSES
All graduate students must complete 8 to 11 credit hours of elective coursework.

• Choose from elective and special topics courses in JMC: ethics, financial management, nonprofit or corporate public relations, business-to-business, crisis management, international public relations, publications and myriad other specialty areas taught by faculty and industry experts.
• Choose from electives outside of JMC, including business, communication, sociology, and psychology.

DOCUMENT LIBRARY

Graduate Handbook

Course Requirements

- Public Relations

Program Documents

- Final Program Plan
- Tentative Program Plan

Project Documents

- Project Defense Report
- Project Proposal Approval            Notification

Thesis Documents

- Approved Thesis Proposal
- Thesis Report: Final Examination

Other Forms

- Committee Establishment Notification