University of Westminster

The University of Westminster allows you "a chance to specialise in public relations while studying in London, the hub of Europe's PR industry". The university offers both a BA and a MA in public relations, within their school of Media, Arts, and Design, much as James Madison offers a Public Relations Concentration within their Communication Studies program. The courses at Westminster include intensive training by active PR practitioners. Students gain a good understanding of the media in general, and journalism specifically, while studying journalist techniques and media theories from the perspective of the Public Relations Industry.

During the three year BA program, students gain concrete skills, from running a press conference, to constructing websites and written work, to developing and running PR campaigns. These skills are very similar to the skills stressed in the public relations program here at James Madison: we take several public relations- specific writing courses as well as designing and analyzing public relations campaigns in our senior-year capstone course.




Information:
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/public-relations/ba-public-relations

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