Important Note

Freshmen who enrolled at Boston University prior to Fall 2018, and transfer students who enrolled prior to Fall 2020, see the Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations Curriculum Guide.

Degree Requirement Notes

  • A minimum of 128 credits is required for graduation.
  • Students must also complete all BU Hub general education requirements.
  • No one-credit courses, PDP courses, or ROTC courses can count toward graduation.
  • Media Science students are limited to four total credits of internship domestically through a departmental internship coordinator and an additional four credits through a Boston University Study Abroad Program. No more than eight credits of Media Science internship can count toward the degree. Only four credits of internship can count toward the Media Science Program Requirements, the other four credits will count as general electives.
  • Only eight credits of each of the following courses can count toward the 128 required for a degree: COM CM 471, COM CM 474.
  • Please note that students cannot double major or minor between Advertising, Media Science, and Public Relations, due to shared department requirements.
  • A maximum of 52 credits (typically equivalent to 13 BU courses) from the Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations (including CO201, but excluding CO 101 and CO 575) can be taken on the Charles River Campus.

College Requirements

(4 total credits required plus CO 575)

Department Requirements

(16 total credits required)

Media Science Core

(16 total credits required)

Media Science Program Requirements

(12 total credits required)