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BS - Advertising

Listed below are lower division course requirements necessary for:

BS - Advertising

Preparation for the Major and supporting courses:

ENGL 001B Composition 2
A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable).
An Art elective (any transferable Community College art course: any articulated art course other than studio and activity courses).
A Literature elective (any transferable literature course beyond English 1A, 1B, and 1C).

Requirements for the Major:

ADV 091 Introduction to Advertising
MCOM 072 Mass Communication and Society
MCOM 070 Visual Communication for Modern Media
MCOM 105, Lifestyles, Diversity and the Media or MCOM 106, Global Mass Communication, may be taken at SJSU as an upper division course should the transfer student be unable to select an equivalent for MCOM 070.

Management Track Students must also take:

BUS 090 Business Statistics
   OR
STAT 095 Elementary Statistics

Creative Track Students must also take:

ENGL 071 Creative Writing

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