FCM

 

 

Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations

Graduation Requirements: 120 credit hours.

 

Compulsory Courses

 

PR 111 Introduction to Communication and Media 3 Prerequisites:
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It aims to provide the student with theoretical knowledge and practical skills about promoting modern strategies in the use of media to achieve competitive advantages for organizations.

PR 210 Communication Theories 3 Prerequisites:
JCOM121

This course aims to provide the student with various knowledge about communication theories, especially theories of media influence, as well as theories explaining the effects of the content of violence in the media.

PR 211 Public Opinion 3 Prerequisites:
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Recognizing the importance of public opinion in contemporary society, awareness of the multiple and diverse factors involved in the formation of public opinion and the effects of each factor in shaping the attitudes of individuals and groups towards issues, topics and crises that are going through the community. The student also learns the mechanisms of measuring public opinion, the various types of measurement, and the requirements and reasons for using each of them.

PR 321 Foundations of Public Relations 3 Prerequisites:
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The course aims to introduce the student to the philosophies and theories of public relations for various contemporary societies and institutions, their scientific and research dimensions, the planning stages and their various programs.

PR 322 International Public Relations 3 Prerequisites:
PR101

It aims to acquaint the student with the science of international public relations and the global institutions active in this field and the factors affecting their practice, as well as introducing the people of international public relations and its parties, and its principles. And methods of planning and implementation, with clarification of the most important theories of international relations.

PR 323 Public Relations and Content Industry 3 Prerequisites:
JCOM211

This course aims to introduce the student to the various types and forms of media content, and the basic principles of media content industry in public relations, in addition to making the student discover the innate and acquired traits of a media content maker, with practical application through the creation of one content for more than one medium by focusing on the differences between them and the extent impact on the target group.

PR 324 Digital Public Relations 3 Prerequisites:
PR323

This course aims to introduce the student to the concept of digital public relations and how to use electronic communication in public relations, methods of writing in electronic and digital means of communication.

PR 325 Corporate Communications 2 Prerequisites:
PR321

The course aims to introduce the student to institutional communication and the interpretation of its networks, patterns, tools, and obstacles, and its relationship to the organizational structure. It also focuses on roles, leadership, and management orientations, so that it can analyze various corporate communication processes.

PR 327 Public Relations in Crisis 3 Prerequisites:
PR321

It aims to introduce students to the importance of crisis communications management in the field of public relations and to know the strategies that are used to solve crises through the actual applications of crises locally and globally.

PR326 Media Economics 3 Prerequisites:
PR322

It aims to provide the student with theoretical knowledge and applied skills about the economic structure of the media and to understand its mechanisms and how they interact under the conditions arising from the openness of the market and the expansion of demand, and to introduce the most important reasons that turned the media into an industry governed by specific rules and foundations.

PR 432 Public Relations Research 3 Prerequisites:
MRKC213

It aims to provide the student with theoretical knowledge and applied skills about public relations research in terms of the most important approaches, tools and research methods used in the field of public relations.

PR 431 Media Campaigns and Image Management 3 Prerequisites:
PR327

his course aims to introduce the student to the foundations and methods of planning media campaigns, the importance of media campaigns, their characteristics and types, the types of media used, and knowledge of strategies and tactics in media campaigns and their evaluation.

PR 433 Management of Events, Ceremonies and Protocols 3 Prerequisites:
PR324

The event management course is a practical skill that helps students to plan and coordinate events professionally, in addition to providing them with strategies to face challenges that may arise during the implementation of the event.

PR 434 Public Relations Practices in Government and Private Sectors 3 Prerequisites:
PR 325

The headquarters of public relations practices in government and private sectors is one of the practical skills that help students to identify the objectives of public relations in government and private institutions, through monitoring the strategies and means of communication used in each of the two sectors.

PR 435 Cooperative Training 6 Prerequisites:
PR434

This course aims to provide the student with sufficient field experience that qualifies him to enter the labor market in a smooth manner, and enables him to apply the knowledge and scientific skills he acquired during his scientific path.

PR 436 Graduation Project 4 Prerequisites:
PR32

This course aims to provide the student with theoretical knowledge and applied skills about preparing scientific research and related skills to qualify a distinguished scientific researcher in the field of public relations.

 

List of Elective Courses

 

(The student chooses 3 courses only)

PS111 Saudi political system 3 Prerequisites:
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This course is given by the Faculty of Economics and Administration ……(Click here)

BL101 Principles of Law 3 Prerequisites:
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This course is given by the Faculty of Law ……(Click here)

PS101 Introduction to Political Science 3 Prerequisites:
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This course is given by the Faculty of Economics and Administration ……(Click here)

SOC 215 Contemporary Issues and Problems 3 Prerequisites:
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This course is given by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities ……(Click here)

PL380 Human Rights 3 Prerequisites:
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This course is given by the Faculty of Law ……(Click here)

PSY410 Media Psychology 3 Prerequisites:
-

This course is given by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities ……(Click here)

MRKC223 International Marketing Communication 3 Prerequisites:
-

This course reviews the principles of marketing from a global perspective, with a focus on decisions related to the marketing communications mix. This course also focuses on discussing and analyzing the marketing processes and strategies that companies use when marketing their products in foreign countries in the field of international marketing. It also addresses the complex environment of international marketing and the need to understand the various economic, social, political, cultural and legal dimensions, and how these environmental factors influence from methodological perspectives and integrate them into marketing programs and strategies.

AVP221 Commentary and Voiceover 3 Prerequisites:
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This course deals with the methods and skills of upgrading sound materials to improve sound performance, by identifying different audio layers that fit radio formats, as well as voice acting skills in series, documentaries and animations.

JCOM312 Media Criticism 3 Prerequisites:
-

This course aims to provide student with knowledge about media criticism based on a set of theoretical and applied controls based on creative steps to analyze and critique models of media contents in traditional and new media, and to identify the role of media criticism in developing programs and media materials and evaluating them in terms of form, content, style, media language and medium It also teaches the strengths/weaknesses of and positive/negative aspects of media materials before publishing or broadcasting, and the most important major schools will be identified as media criticism, its functions, levels, its importance and its impact on shaping public taste.

AVP222 Introduction to Animation 3 Prerequisites:
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JCOM231 Journalistic Arts 3 Prerequisites:
-

This course includes an in-depth study of journalistic arts. In its practical aspect, the course includes practical training in gathering and analyzing news and journalistic arts, with a focus on the executive steps for writing news articles, news introductions, headlines, and templates for editing news materials, in addition to training on writing opinion materials and journal articles.

PR224 Management and Strategic Communication 3 Prerequisites:
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This course covers basic theories, concepts and applications of strategic communication. It is an overview of practices in communication management: research design, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Students explore the problems that challenge contemporary organizations by analyzing case studies, conducting research, and designing possible solutions.

 

Free Courses

Free Course (1) Free Course 3 Prerequisites:
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Free Course (2) Free Course 3 Prerequisites:
-

 

 

 


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