Undergraduate Public Relations

With our stories and messages carrying greater influence than ever before, you will develop the expert writing, production, and strategic-planning skills needed to advocate on behalf of a person, brand or organization.
Today, we not only have the capability, but the imperative, to make our voices heard. At USC Annenberg, you will learn how to craft comprehensive public relations campaigns grounded in innovative multi-platform content and audience insight mining. Our position in the media capital of Los Angeles provides the perfect setting for you to analyze campaign outcomes, to conduct original industry research and to apply the theories you learn in the classroom as you prepare for career opportunities that can span business, marketing, advertising, entertainment, technology, healthcare, advocacy, and beyond.
Student, alumni and faculty work
Remove the barrier
Joelle Ferguson ’20 uses her PR skills to create an advocacy campaign for student mental health awareness and resources at USC.
Charting the #PRFuture
ZaZu Lippert ’22 takes you behind the scenes of a podcast series hosted by Fred Cook, director of the Center for Public Relations.
Inventing netnography
Fusing the internet with ethnography, Professor Robert Kozinets develops an innovative research method to study online communities.
Game changer
Caroline Wohl ’20 leverages our alumni network to land ideal internships with companies like Goop and MTV.
Career connections
Maggie Habib ’04, founder of boutique communications shop mPR, Inc., shares tips for navigating the industry.
Being real
Assistant Professor Eunjin “Anna” Kim explores how the authenticity of Instagram models affects our buying decisions.

Build your audience insight and content creation skills
Our state-of-the-art Media Center and Digital Lounge allow you to gain hands-on experience while acquiring the advanced multimedia and analytical skills necessary to tell stories while measuring impact across platforms. Through the center’s Digital Media Analytics Desk, you can learn to monitor the social stream as well as how to collect and analyze data for real-time events, brand communication and advertising campaigns. The Digital Lounge offers a creative makerspace where you can develop your technology and content creation skills, including Adobe Certification.