Undergraduate Minor

The Minor in Advertising Analytics, which is administered by the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, is designed to enable students who are true problem-solvers to exercise their intellectual curiosity to find insights and answers in databases and real-time streaming data. In today’s industry, those who not only understand, but also can strategically activate data will have opportunities to advance more quickly as an advertising account executive, media planner, media sales representative, public relations specialist and more, moving into specialized roles as programmatic advertising specialists or digital advertising analysts.

The minor is available to students who are enrolled in the Advertising Management major at Michigan State University. Limited enrollment may be made available to other majors upon request. With the approval of the department and college that administer the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.

To be considered for admission, a student must have been formally admitted to the Advertising Management major. Admission to the minor is competitive. Students must be enrolled in or have completed Advertising 350 (Advertising Media Planning and Strategy) and have demonstrated mastery of course content by providing their midterm or final grade in the course. Other admission criteria include overall grade-point average, work experience, and a statement of interest. Each student’s application package will be rank ordered. Students may be admitted provisionally contingent on their performance in Advertising 350.

Students who plan to apply to the program should complete an application after the midterm in Advertising 350 and submit it to the Director of the Advertising Analytics Minor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations.

Requirements for the Minor in Advertising Analytics

Complete 18 credits from the following:

1.	All of the following courses (12 credits):
	ADV	442	Digital Analytics						3
	ADV	445	Programmatic Media and Buying						3
	ADV	456	Interactive Advertising Strategy						3
	MI	250	Introduction to Applied Programming						3
2.	Complete 6 credits from the following courses:
	ADV	431	Monitoring and Measuring Social Media of Brands						3
	ADV	432	Digital Media Planning and Buying						3
	ADV	433	Internet Video Promotion Strategy						3
	MI	220	Methods for Understanding Users						3
	MI	320	Reasoning with Data						3
	PR	330	Social Media Management						3