Courses
The courses listed below have prepared me for a public relations career:
- Style and Design in Public Relations Messages
Focused on Web design and social media, created this Website for a final project
- Writing for Public Relations
Wrote press releases, pitch letters, created a press kit, conducted a mock press conference and learned about crisis management
- Survey and Research Methods
Created and conducted a survey on the Auburn University College of Business faculty, employees, and graduate students' job satisfaction, analyzed results using SPSS software
- Case Studies and Ethics in Public Relations
Evaluated PR cases and their outcomes
- Foundations of Public Relations
Introductory course on public relations
- Newswriting
Wrote hard news stories
- Feature Writing
Wrote feature stories, including profiles and columns
- Newspaper Fundamentals
Learned AP style and proper word usage
- Photojournalism
Photographed compositions that would be appropriate for print, I took the picture used at the head of this site- Persuasive Discourse
Gave speeches using elements of persuasion and studied theories of persuasion