This guide serves as a comprehensive source of information
for students interested in advertising, journalism, public relations,
and electronic media.
Students are responsible for planning their own curriculum. But
to assist that process, all majors are assigned a faculty member
in their sequence.
Pre-majors meet individually each semester with the school's lead
adviser. Please bring a copy of the printed Curriculum Guide to
each advising session. Students have great flexibility in choosing
which courses to take in any given semester. For the freshman year,
we recommend basic courses such as Expository Writing I, College
Algebra, a social science course, macroeconomics, and a natural
science course with a lab, in addition to MC 110 Mass Communication
in Society as an introduction to the major.
To assist students in making sure that graduation requirements are
met, the school's student records coordinator does a "graduation
check" once a student completes 90 hours of coursework. The "grad
check" is a safeguard against reaching senior status without fulfilling
basic requirements.
While this Curriculum Guide will be updated for future students
to reflect future curriculum changes, majors remain in the curriculum
plan under which they entered the School of Journalism and Mass
Communications. Once a student is a major, this guide remains in
force until graduation.
The study of journalism and mass communications provides students with the tools to function effectively in an information-intensive society. Today we communicate through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, movies, sound recordings, public relations, newsletters, advertising, photojournalism, multimedia, the Internet, and other new technologies.
The A.Q. Miller School at Kansas State University is an excellent place to prepare for such careers. We can offer you an outstanding, well-rounded education. Our program focuses on teaching students the necessary skills and judgment to be effective in a competitive industry, while providing professional, hands-on opportunities.
The nationally accredited program -- one of the oldest in the nation -- began in 1910 and now has more than 4,600 alumni worldwide. The A.Q. Miller School offers specific sequences in print and electronic journalism, public relations, advertising and radio-television.
Students can enroll in their major courses early in their university experience, giving them the opportunity to advance as skilled creators and consumers of information.