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Advertising

The Advertising minor is your path to making promotional media for everything from your own entrepreneurial endeavors to transnational organizations. Through a balance of courses in branding/content creation and strategizing/market analysis, you will learn to communicate brand, analyze markets and audiences, apply various theories of persuasion and influence, strategize campaigns and messaging, and produce audio-visual commercial media.

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Advertising, Managers, Postsecondary
Advertising students at EIU

Why Study Advertising at EIU?

  • Understand your audience. Learn how research, data and social trends shape effective advertising decisions.
  • Think strategically about brands. Explore how organizations build, communicate and maintain strong brand identities.
  • Create persuasive content. Develop experience with copywriting, design, video and other forms of promotional media.
  • Connect creativity with strategy. Learn how audience insights and communication goals guide effective advertising.
  • Build skills that work across industries. Apply advertising principles to business, nonprofits, entertainment, sports, technology and more.
"From the moment I stepped onto campus, every professor, staff member, and student I encountered treated me with such genuine warmth and respect, as if I were already a valued member of their community. Despite not having officially joined the EIU family, I immediately felt a deep sense of belonging. The atmosphere was one of comfort and inclusivity, where everyone seemed genuinely invested in my success and well-being."
Abbey McCord
Advertising | Class of 2025
Abbey McCord, Advertising at EIU

Hands-On Experience

  • Analyze real campaigns and brands. Study the promotional messages you encounter every day and explore industries that interest you.
  • Create original advertising. Move beyond analyzing ads by developing your own concepts, messages and campaign materials.
  • Build a portfolio of work. Use class projects to demonstrate your writing, design, strategy and content creation skills.
  • Gain experience on campus. Put your skills to work in advertising, marketing and promotional roles across EIU.
  • Apply strategy to real audiences. Practice making the same creative and strategic decisions advertising professionals make.
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What You'll Learn

The Advertising minor teaches you what makes advertisements, integrated marketing communications and promotional media work, and how to use that knowledge to produce your own persuasive media content. It is a fit if you enjoy creative strategy, understanding audiences and seeing how messages change behavior.

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Career Outcomes

  • Advertising & Promotions Managers
  • Communications Teachers, Postsecondary

Career Insights

Job Outlook Average Outlook
Preparation Needed Considerable (4/5)
Personality Fit Enterprising

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S.M. Walus
Professor / Director of Television & Video Production B.A.
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1536 Buzzard Hall
217-581-6003
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Matt Gill
Department Chair
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2521 Buzzard Hall
217-581-6003
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Billy Panther
Head of Panther Pride
Old Main
217-581-2223
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