Undergraduate public relations education in Spain: Endangered species?
Xifra J.
2007
Public Relations Review
25
10.1016/j.pubrev.2007.02.006
The purpose of this article is to analyze the precarious situation concerning undergraduate public relations education in Spain, despite the existence of a Degree in Advertising and Public Relations. In addition to core subjects, which are set by the government and required on all university curricula, the Spanish system allows universities to complete their curriculum with other compulsory and elective courses. Given this freedom, universities have failed to come up with either the specific contents for public relations or for liberal arts, social sciences and business courses that will enable students to enter the profession. In light of the future restructuring of degrees through the Bologna Process, this situation is a serious threat to the continuity of public relations teaching in Spanish universities. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Bologna Process; Public relations curriculum; Public relations education; Spain; Undergraduate education
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