Curriculum

127 Credit Hours
Queens

For the bachelor’s degree, 127 credit hours are required. The curriculum provides a professional foundation in the educational, managerial and creative phases of advertising along with an understanding of the advertising agency. This is combined with the basic disciplines in the liberal arts and business administration.

Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements
51 Course Credits

  • Discover New York
  • Science
  • Speech
  • English Composition and Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Modern Foreign Languages/Cultural Studies
  • Social Sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Theology

Business Area Requirements
21 Credit Hours

  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Business Law
  • Communications Business

Major Area Requirements
43 Credit Hours

  • Career Horizons
  • Communications and Society
  • Seminar in Advertising Communication
  • Seminar in Communication Research
  • CAS 1200 Series: Hands-on production in advertising, radio, television, film, media graphics or public relations
  • CAS 1300 Series: Writing for advertising, radio television, film, journalism or public relations
  • CAS 1500 Series: Media history and aesthetics
  • ADV Electives: Chosen from any communications course offering
    including internships

Free Electives
12 semester hours may be selected from the courses offered by any of the undergraduate units of St. John's University.