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Advertising Minor

This minor provides students with a program of study designed to enhance their understanding regarding the promotion of products and services to various markets.  Critical examination of campaigns and strategies, and their application of knowledge, are key components.

Total Semester Hours: 27

Required Coursework - Total Semester Hours: 15

BUS 3470
Principles of Marketing.  (3 credits)
INT 1363
Graphic Communication Technologies.  (3 credits)
INT 3343
Digital Media Technologies.  (3 credits)
SPC 3100
Persuasion.  (3 credits)
SPC 3940
Advertising: Theory and Practice.  (3 credits)

Electives - Total Semester Hours: 12

(Students with a major in MAR, SPC, or INT  may not take more than 6 elective hours from their major area):

BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business.  (3 credits)

(See footnote *)

CIS 3530
Business Web Site Design and Development.  (3 credits)

(See footnote *)

INT 3123
Foundations of Photography.  (3 credits)
INT 3353
Print and Digital Media Production.  (3 credits)
INT 4813
Advanced Digital Media Technologies.  (3 credits)
JOU 3501
Principles of Advertising.  (3 credits)
JOU 3820
Publicity Methods.  (3 credits)
JOU 3920
Public Relations in Society.  (3 credits)

or SPC 3920

MAR 3720
Consumer Behavior.  (3 credits)

(See footnote *)

MAR 3780
Promotion Management.  (3 credits)

(See footnote *)

MAR 3860
Marketing Research.  (3 credits)

or SPC 2020

(See footnote *)

SPC 2020
Communication Research.  (3 credits)

or MAR 3860

SPC 2550
Broadcast Announcing.  (3 credits)
SPC 3520
Radio Production.  (3 credits)
SPC 3540
Video Production.  (3 credits)
SPC 3650
Communication in Organizations.  (3 credits)
SPC 3750
Computer Mediated Communication I.  (3 credits)
SPC 3752
Computer Mediated Communication II.  (3 credits)
SPC 3920
Public Relations in Society  (3 credits)

or JOU 3920

SPC 4420
Mass Media Advertising-Sales.  (3 credits)
SPC 4500
Topics in Electronic Media Production.  (3 credits)

Footnotes

* Marketing majors may not use BUS 2750, MAR 3720, MAR 3780 or MAR 3860 to satisfy both the marketing major and the advertising minor.  Accounting majors may not use BUS 2750 to satisfy both the accounting major and the advertising minor. Computer Information Systems majors may not use BUS 2750 or CIS 3530 to satisfy both the computer information systems major and the advertising minor. Finance majors may not use BUS 2750 to satisfy both the finance major and the advertising minor. Management majors may not use BUS 2750 or MAR 3720 to satisfy both the management major and the advertising minor.

Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.