Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations
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Faculty
Professor
- Stephanie Bennett, Ph.D.
- Katherine Chute, Ph.D.
- Thomas Parham, III, Ph.D.
- Tom St. Antoine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Joseph Sowers, M.A.
- Jiehua Zhang, Ph.D.
Visiting Lecturer of Communication
Department curriculum focuses on preparing students for professional career opportunities in business, government, journalism and education where they can make an impact. Students may pursue Bachelor of Art degrees in Communication, Journalism and Public Relations
Communication
From understanding media and their cultural implications to building effective interpersonal skills and growing in eloquence, Palm Beach Atlantic University Communication majors prepare for the full array of life in the work force. A major in communication prepares students for lifelong learning, leadership and service. It emphasizes contemplation and action, providing students with a liberal arts environment designed to enhance intellectual, spiritual, and personal character development. Graduates will enter the community and the wider world with exceptional oral, written, and relational skills gained through courses covering rhetoric, persuasion and time-honored ideas of citizenship, community, and commitment to civil discourse.
Journalism
Review of Satisfactory Progress
Students in the Journalism major will have their progress in all major courses reviewed annually. This review will include in-class scholarship, work on student publications, and/or performance on student broadcast news productions. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in all major courses to continue in good standing. Admission to upper-level study is determined on the basis of the student’s cumulative GPA in Journalism courses completed by the end of the fourth semester, the recommendation of the student’s advisor, and the satisfactory completion of an interview with Journalism faculty. The faculty reserves the right to dismiss any student from a major if he or she fails to meet program standards. An executive committee from the College of the Arts will automatically review a decision to dismiss a student from a major, and the student may make an appeal to the Dean. The Journalism faculty will make every attempt to counsel a student into a more suitable major in the event he or she is unable to meet program standards.
Journalism Lab
All Journalism students must enroll in and successfully complete JRN 3061 - Journalism Lab during each semester beginning upon declaration of the major. Students may repeat the lab up to eight times. This weekly course provides majors with an opportunity to hone their journalistic skills in a workshop environment and apply them on the student newspaper, The Beacon.
Public Relations
The Public Relations program provides opportunities for students to work on real-world projects and acquire skills in writing, business, research, client relationships and communication strategies necessary to plan and implement effective programs and campaigns. Students will learn to apply foundational Christian principles to the area of public relations to become servant leaders of high moral character.
Whether a student is interested in managing communications for a large company or working in a public relations firm, as a public affairs specialist in government, or PR for nonprofits, this program offers the critical advantage of learning that is relevant and immediately applicable.
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