COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC RELATIONS M...

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

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