Bachelor or Arts in Public Relations

With more than 250 majors, both the Advertising and Public Relations programs are attracting smart and creative students who want to excel beyond the norm. We offer a challenging, yet supportive environment. Our slogan is "Think Out Loud." We encourage our majors to look at problems in fresh and novel ways. Our majors also have the best tools to help them innovate. We are housed in a new $18 million state-of-the-art building with easily accessible technology. We embrace new media. Real world and hands-on. I mean really hands on! We also have a professionally managed Ad+PR agency called Image west. Our majors can cop class credit for doing real projects for real clients. We also participate in student competitions and stage real events to apply classroom material. Public relations is a planned process to influence public opinion using strategic communications. The public relations program at WKU emphasizes research and measurement; strategic planning; professionally designed, written, and targeted communication tactics; and ethical practice. We prepare students for an exciting career in public relations with skills in critical thinking, writing, technology, research, program planning and management, creative problem solving, and relationship building with key publics. Those publics include media, consumers, employees, government and other regulatory bodies, opinion leaders, and communities. Virtually all segments of the public and private sectors throughout the world draw employees from public relations graduates. Our graduates work as communications tacticians, strategic planners, and management counselors. They may specialize in employee relations, community relations, crisis communication, public affairs, media relations, or several other disciplines within the professional arena. Public and private sectors throughout the world draw employees from public relations graduates. Our graduates work as communications tacticians, strategic planners, and management counselors. They may specialize in employee relations, community relations, crisis communication, public affairs, media relations, or several other disciplines within the professional arena.