Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations

Public Relations (PR) professionals are experts at crafting messages, promoting public images and handling crisis situations. These skills open up a variety of careers to PR students, from planning fund-raising events for nonprofit organizations to publicizing an actor's latest movie, promoting a political candidate's platform or creating community outreach programs for a large corporation.

PR majors at Gaylord College use our state-of-the-art facilities to develop these skills through hands-on learning and real-world experiences of shaping public opinion and building positive relationships between audiences. PR students have the opportunity to work with actual clients through Lindsey Asp, a student run Advertising and Public Relations firm along with their relevant coursework.

Gaylord Hall has more than 100,000 square-feet of high-tech classroom, presentation, studio and computer lab space. Gaylord Hall includes four computer classrooms, two complete digital broadcast studios, 14 video editing bays, classrooms and two state-of-the-art open multimedia labs available for all students.

grades (marks), \u201cclass\u201d or \u201cdivision\u201d obtained should be equivalent to a \u201cB\u201d average or a 3.0 grade point average on the U.S. unweighted 4.0 scale. Applicants must be 17 years of age prior to the first day of classes. The applicant\u2019s high school class of his or her peers must have graduated as well. Applicants must submit official transcripts from each institution attended. All applicants for whom English is a second language must present evidence of English language proficiency. All international applicants must demonstrate adequate financial resources. Have graduated from secondary school and never attended a post-secondary institution Minimum 3.0 GPA IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 79 Optional- SAT/ACT 100 on the Duolingo English Test (DET). 53 on Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic).