Program Overview

Public Relations & Strategic Communication

Weber State University's fully online, accredited communication degree teaches the essential communication, research, and campaign design skills to empower students to thrive as independent thinkers, creative problem solvers, and ethical practitioners in a rapidly changing industry.

Why Public Relations & Strategic Communication Online?

Faculty members who are trained in online education provide down-to-earth classroom instruction in a format where students can log in to class at any time. In addition, students learn through doing by interacting with real public relations clients. Clients who have worked with students in the past include:

• Midtown Community Health Center
• the Utah Transit Authority
• the Weber-Morgan Chamber of Commerce
• the United Way of Northern Utah
• Ogden Made
• the Treehouse Children's Museum
• Leavitt's Mortuary
• Americorps

Bachelor's Degree Emphases

Social Media & Data Analytics

Gain skills in creating social media content, analyzing social media data, and making visualizations to communicate complex data.

Multimedia Journalism

Collect and write information regarding current events and trends, issues, and people for publication on a website or in a newspaper or magazine.

Civic Advocacy

Learn to serve an interest and advocate for a public good.

Digital Media

Learn the art and power of communicating messages through video, audio, and the web.

Master's Degrees

Master of Professional Communication

Gain the knowledge and skills to become an effective leader, manager, and team member in for-profit, government, or non-profit organizations.

Associate's Degrees

Workplace Communication & Writing

Learn the skills that many employers, regardless of industry, look for: writing, speaking, interpersonal communication, group and team communication, new media and technology skills, information gathering, and document design.

Digital Media Production

Develop must-have skills needed to work in digital media, video, or film.