Bachelor's Degree in Communication – Advertising

Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Communication
Concentration: Advertising
Hours: 120

Advertising Overview

The Lamar University Bachelor of Science in Communication with a concentration in advertising is an interdisciplinary program between the College of Business and the Departments of Art and Communication. This program will give you a solid knowledge of business with the creation and placement of information designed to produce sales.

If you're a great listener and enjoy communications at every level, if you are energetic and can adapt to a continually changing work environment and if you have a talent for coming up with creative, artistic ways to express yourself, then Advertising Communication may be the field for you. As a graduate of this program, you will have a wide variety of career options and the skills necessary to become an account manager or planner, a creative director, media expert or interactive marketer.

You'll also be able to participate in the Lamar Advertising Federation! Throughout the academic year, AdFed students attend a variety of AAF student conferences across the nation. The pinnacle of the year is the National Student Advertising Competition, in which AdFed competes with teams from around to the nation to create a fully integrated marketing and advertising campaign for a real world client. Past clients include Coca-Cola, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo!, State Farm Insurance and Mary Kay.