Deakin’s Bachelor of Arts (Public Relations) will provide students with a solid grounding in the principles and practice of public relations and communications theory, together with a broader general education in the social sciences and liberal arts. Students will be exposed to a range of models, skills and techniques necessary for the management of public relations in a wide variety of private and public organisations. Students will study the social and behavioural sciences providing an understanding of human and societal behaviour. The course also examines communication research techniques, organisational planning, problem analysis, strategy development for effective communication within and between organisations and their associates, the counselling of management on trends in issues affecting communication policy, and the production of messages, their transmission and the evaluation of their effectiveness.