Students majoring in Advertising Communications at St. John's
benefit from faculty and alumni with extensive contacts in New York
City's advertising industry. This network provides outstanding
internship and job placement opportunities, helping to prepare
students for leading positions as account executives, media
planners or buyers, copywriters or art directors.
Students also gain an academic and professional edge by joining
any of St. John's more than 180 student
clubs and organizations. Clubs that may be of special interest
to Advertising majors include these:
- Advertising Society
- Communications Club
- Management Club
- Society for the Study of Modern Visual
Culture
- Communication Arts Film Society
- St. John's University Television Club
(WRED)
- WSJU-Radio
Advertising majors also may apply to a variety of honor
societies, including these:
- Alpha Delta Sigma: The St. John's chapter of
the national advertising honor society is an opportunity for
students to network while supporting their classmates through
efforts such as peer mentoring.
- The College of Professional Studies Honor
Society: Members are recognized for academic excellence
and demonstrable involvement in their churches and
communities.
Of course, students also benefit from outstanding
University-wide facilities and resources for which St. John's is
widely known. For example, new students receive their own wireless
laptop
computers with full access to St. John's award-winning wireless
network.
Facilities include high-tech classrooms, up-to-date computer and
science laboratories and a 1.7 million-volume University Library. Our new D'Angelo
Center is a five-story, 127,000-square-foot University and Student
Center with classrooms, lecture halls, a Starbucks Café.
Students take advantage of St. John’s location in dynamic New
York City. Our faculty and Career Center have strong ties to
employers and other professional and educational resources
throughout the New York area. Students also make New York their
classroom through innovative courses like Discover New York.
Students also benefit from St. John's focus on an international
academic experience. The University offers extensive study abroad
courses during the academic year as well as the winter and summer
semesters. Students can live and learn at St. John's Rome,
Italy, campus and Paris,
France, location.