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The Sports and Society concentration offers students the ability to create a customized mixture of skills in sports media production and critical/cultural analysis. Students tailor the combination of courses to their interest to further develop their critical thinking and communication skills to respond to specific, crucial needs they identify in the changing and growing sports communication job market. Students can blend classes in journalism, public relations, advertising, business, media studies, and communication studies to prepare for a broad variety of careers in the sports industry. 

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select four of the following:16
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WORKSHOP (2.0 quarter hours) 2
ADOBE INDESIGN (2.0 quarter hours) 2
ADOBE AUDITION (2.0 quarter hours) 2
ADOBE PREMIERE VIDEO EDITING (2.0 quarter hours) 2
RESEARCH PRACTICUM 1
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES (Topic: Gender & Sports)
TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (Topic: Sports Rhetoric)
DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
THE BUSINESS OF ESPORTS
EVENT SALES, SERVICE & PROMOTION
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
NEWS REPORTING
INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
SPORTS TALK & MULTIMEDIA
JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS
SPORTS REPORTING
TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Content Creation)
TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Producing)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Online Sports Reporting)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Opinion & Column Writing)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Blogging)
RADIO BROADCASTING
TOPICS IN TELEVISION STUDIES (Sports related topics)
TOPICS IN FAN STUDIES
SPORTS FANDOM
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic: Legal Issues in Sports)
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic: San Diego Sports Consulting Project)
SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING
SPORTS SALES
SPECIAL TOPICS
PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING
DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR PRAD PROFESSIONALS
EVENT PLANNING
PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS
BRAND ACTIVATION AND CONSUMER PROMOTION
THE MEETING OF SPORTS AND ADVERTISING
COMMUNICATION LAW
CRISIS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
BRANDED CONTENT
SPORTS PHOTOJOURNALISM
TOPICS IN SPORTS COMMUNICATION
SPORTS & MASCULINITIES - A SURVEY OF HOW SPORTS INFORM GENDER IN AMERICAN CULTURE
LIVE SPORTS EVENT PRODUCTION
SPORTS PODCASTING
SPORTS MEDIA PERSONAL BRANDING
SPORTS OPINION WRITING
SPORTS MEDIA LAW
SPORTS STATS AND ANALYTICS
SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA
SPORTS AUDIO PRODUCTION
SPORTS BUSINESS NEWS
SPORTS CAMPAIGNS
SPORTS MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS
SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS
SPORTS CONTENT CREATION
SPORTS CRISIS CMN MANAGEMENT
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1

Students may take up to 4 hours of credit in this course toward graduation requirements. 

2

A maximum of 8 credits from two credit College of Communication courses can be applied to major requirements.