Sports Communication

Catalog description

In Sports Communication, students will develop the skills, attitudes and expectations of sports journalism (including broadcasting), sports media relations, and sports marketing. It is a course designed to teach students how to write event, feature, and explanatory stories, and to tell these stories in several platforms—including print, podcasting, and still photography, as well as how to develop stories with social media. Students will create traditional game stories; construct profiles of athletes or coaches; and produce an enterprise story about a major issue in contemporary sports. Prerequisite(s): COMM 1110 Lecture Hours: 3 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Student Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester Course Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Asynchronous Instruction Click here for the Schedule of Classes.