Graduates will be equipped with the skills to become public relations practitioners. These include: researching how people feel about a company, how management would like the public to see the company, planning an exhibition or special event, making a speech, editing a house journal, taking photographs, developing a media strategy, writing a press release, organising a conference, making a corporate video, or managing a consultancy.
Type: Undergraduate diploma
Duration: 3 years full time / part time 4 years
Compulsory Subjects
First Year Subjects:
- Public relations
- Media studies
- Communication science
- Business studies: public relations
- English
- End-user computing
Second Year Subjects:
- Public relations
- Media studies
- Communication science
- Law: public relations
- Social psychology
- Marketing and advertising: public relations
Third Year Subjects:
- Public relations
- Communication science
- Public Relations Practice
Careers: Public relations officer, Communications Liaison Officer.
Source: www.cput.ac.za