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Curriculum in Advertising

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Advertising

Department of Advertising
103 Gregory Hall
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-1602

To graduate from the advertising curriculum, a student must meet the general university and college requirements for the degree and must complete the following courses:

Hours Required Courses
3 ADV 300–Introduction to Advertising
3 ADV 481–Advertising Research Methods
15 Five of the following:
 
ADV 410–Consumer Communications and the Public
 
ADV 411–Classic Campaigns
 
ADV 412–Advertising History
 
ADV 450–Creative Strategy and Tactics
 
ADV 483–Audience Analysis
 
ADV 491–Advertising Management
 
ADV 493–Social and Cult Context of Advertising
 
ADV 494–Persuasion Consumer Response
9-23 Advertising, journalism, or communications electives, at least two of which are recommended from the following
 
COMM 317–History of Communication
 
COMM 320–Popular Culture
 
COMM 331–Media and Democracy
 
COMM 351–Social Aspects of Media
 
COMM 410–Media Ethics
 
JOUR 411–Law and Communications
 
JOUR 450–Media and Public Opinion
30-44 Subtotal in College of Communications
3-6 STAT 100–Statistics (or another approved basic course or course sequence in statistical methods, which currently Include ECON 202-203, EPSY 280, MATH 161, PSYCH 235, and SOC 280)
6 ECON 102 and 103–Micro- and Macroeconomic Principles
3 BADM 302–Principles of Marketing (which may be credited toward the college requirement of 20 hours of advanced social studies, arts, and sciences)
7-8 Two of the following:
 
PSYC 100–Introduction to Psychology
 
SOC 100–Introduction to Sociology
 
ANTH 103–Anthropology In a Changing World