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Where aspiring professionals …
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… learn by doing. Our students don’t just study about advertising – they create real ads for real clients.
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They don’t just study about public relations. They develop PR campaigns – we even have a student-run PR agency.
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They don’t just study about journalism. They cover stories for publication in more than 70 newspapers …
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… and they produce a TV show that’s broadcast across Central Virginia.
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What we teachWhat we teachAdvertising
CreativeStrategic
JournalismPrintBroadcast
Public Relations
Grad programsAdvertising
Multimedia Journalism
Strategic PR
Ph.D. inMedia, Art & Text
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1,260 undergraduates1,260 undergraduates
Public relations Advertising
Journalism
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Our facultyOur faculty20 full-time15-25 part-timePh.D.’s and professionals
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Foundation workFoundation workVCU Core (18 credits)
Writing (6 hrs)
Science & Tech (3 hrs)
Human, Social & Political Behavior (3 hrs)
Statistics (3 hrs)
Diverse & Global Communities (3 hrs)
Mass Comm CoreMass Comm (3 hrs)
Economics (3 hrs)
Journalism & PR
Journalism Writing (3 hrs)
Advertising
Story (3 hrs)
Curiousness (3 hrs)
Complete those courses with a GPA of
2.5+
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After the foundationAfter the foundationChoose a sequence
Journalism (print or broadcast)Public relationsAdvertising (creative or strategic)
Internships & real-world experienceGet a minor
Business, history, English, foreign language, political science …
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Core skillsCore skillsCritical and creative thinking Effective writing and researchMedia, communication and societyGraphics and designEthics and law
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Student mediaStudent mediaCommonwealth TimesInk magazineWVCW RadioRams ReviewShafer BirdThe Horn
Plus literary & opinion magazines
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CNS publishes on YouTube, Twitter and other outlets, too.
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On VCU InSight, we’re on air, cable and satellite to the Richmond metro area …
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Through courses like CreateAthon, advertising and PR students serve nonprofits and other clients.
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Our students win a lot of awards for their work.
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Minor in Media StudiesMinor in Media Studies18 hoursTwo required coursesFour elective courses
You don’t have to major in mass comm to study mass comm. We offer a minor.
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VCU advantagesVCU advantagesState capital (& media capital)Media General Inc.AP, Washington Post, news wiresNumerous TV and radio stationsMedia market No. 58Fortune 500 companiesTop advertising and PR firmsHotbed for digital & social media
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Student organizationsStudent organizationsSociety of Professional JournalistsAd ClubPR Student Society of AmericaNational Assn. of Black Journalists &
Assn. of Black CommunicatorsMass Comm Scholars (Honors)Kappa Tau Alpha honor society
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We’re accreditedWe’re accreditedAsdf
1 of 110 programs in U.S.9 standards of excellenceAwards, scholarships and
contests for our students
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