AD at Western Kentucky University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate AD coursework.

• MATH 117Trigonometryopens 5 courses (0.3 directly)
• MATH 183Introductory Statisticsopens 5 courses (0.3 directly)
• AD 300Research in Advertising and Public Relationsopens 3 courses (0.5 directly)
• COMM 300Introduction to Applied Communication Researchopens 3 courses (0.5 directly)
• AD 330Brandingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• AD 349Advertising Mediaopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate AD work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 23 AD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more AD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on AD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in AD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at AD 410

  1. MATH 116College Algebra
  2. MATH 117Trigonometry
  3. AD 300Research in Advertising and Public Relations
  4. AD 330Branding
  5. AD 410Portfolio

• 2 courses deep, ending at AD 321

  1. AD 240Advertising in a Digital World
  2. AD 321Communications Analytics in Public Relations and Advertising

• 2 courses deep, ending at AD 400

  1. COMM 200Communication Foundations
  2. AD 400Special Topics Advertising 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)

• 2 courses deep, ending at AD 401

  1. AD 230Digital Tools
  2. AD 401ePortfolio

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for AD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under AD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

AD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.