Apr 21, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Advertising and Public Relations (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
MC 100   - SMC Orientation    1    
Orientation course 1    
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Math & Statistics Requirement 3 KSC 030  
Social & Behavior Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Social & Behavior Requirement 5    
MC 191   - MC 197   Content Creator Studio      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
MC 180  - Principles of Public Relations   3 ​   
MC 130   - Writing Conventions and Mechanics   1      
MC 131   - Elements of Media Writing   1      
MC 132   - Writing Styles and Audiences   1      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
Natural & Physical Science Requirement 3 KSC 040  
Social & Behavior Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 3 Optional      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MC 280   - Writing for Advertising & Public Relations   3      
BA Outside Concentration      
Communication Requirement 3 KSC 020  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MC Specialization course      
BA Arts, Humanities & Social Science Requirement      
BA Second Language Requirement       
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 3 OPTIONAL      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
MC 396   - Research for Advertising and Public Relations   3      
BA Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Requirement      
BA Natural & Quantitative Requirement      
BA Outside Concentration      
BA Second Language Requirement      
       
Semester 2      
MC 466   - Media Law and Ethics   3      
Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
BA Natural & Quantitative Requirement      
BA Second Language Requirement      
MC Specialization Course      
COMM 470   - Building Social and Cultural Connections   3      
US Multicultural Overlay OR      
MC 612   - Diversity in Media   3      
US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 15 3    
       
Semester 3 OPTIONAL      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
MC 482   - Ideation, Strategy and Planning for Advertising and Public Relations   3      
MC 491   - Mass Communication Internship   1-3      
MC Specialization course      
BA Non - Quantitative Social Science      
BA Second Language Requirement      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MC 581   - Campaigns in Advertising and Public Relations   3      
MC Elective course      
A&S Global Perspective Overlay      
BA Outside Concentration      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Semester 3 OPTIONAL      
       
Total Programs Hours: 120