Introduction to Public Relations will give students an understanding of the role of Public Relations (PR) professionals through an analysis of the nature of public relations and its historical development in Australia. The course will provide an understanding of publics and audiences as they relate to the public relations professional. Various public relations theories present the student with a sound understanding of the purpose and direction of public relations, enabling them to effectively link strategy with theory. The importance of research, monitoring and evaluation of public relations strategies will be shown through an analysis of public relations case studies. Ethics and professionalism are an important focus of the public relations professional so these concepts will be both taught and practiced throughout the course. This course is a prerequisite for COMM 12108 Advanced Public Relations.
Level | Undergraduate |
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Unit Level | 1 |
Credit Points | 6 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
Residential School | No Residential School |
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Written Assessment | 25% |
2. Written Assessment | 50% |
3. Group Discussion | 25% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 27.27% response rate.
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
3 - Group Discussion | • | • |
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2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | |
3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • |
4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | |
5 - Team Work | • | • | |||
6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | |
8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • |
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3 - Group Discussion | • | • | • | • | • |