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College
College of Communication and Information
Department
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

201 Franklin Hall
Tel: 330-672-2572
E-mail: jmc@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/jmc

The Advertising minor provides students with an overview of the different roles advertising plays in our society. Students will gain an understanding of social, legal and marketing considerations in advertising and how branding is created through media and creative strategies to persuade a designated target audience. 

 

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

ADVERTISING MINOR REQUIREMENTS (22 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  JMC 20004 Advertising Writing and Storytelling 3  
  JMC 20006 Multimedia Techniques 3  
  JMC 20008 Research and Measurement in Advertising and Public Relations 3  
  JMC 21001 Principles of Advertising 3  
  JMC 21004 Advertising and Public Relations Industry Tools 1  
  JMC 31011 Advertising Strategy Development 3  
  JMC 41005 Advertising Campaigns 3  
  Choose one from the following: 3  
  JMC 31002 Advertising Copywriting (3)    
  JMC 31003 Advertising Media Planning (3)    
  JMC 31004 Digital Advertising (3)    
  MINIMUM TOTAL 22  


Requirements to declare minor: This minor is only open to visual communication design majors, marketing majors and communication studies majors. Minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA; or, if a first semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing, no established Kent State University GPA is needed.  Minimum 2.700 GPA in the minor required for graduation.