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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| EVENT SALES, SERVICE & PROMOTION | ||
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR | ||
| NEWS REPORTING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE REPORTING AND PRODUCTION | ||
| 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 related topics) | ||
| SPORTS FANDOM | ||
| BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| THE BUSINESS OF ESPORTS | ||
| 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 BLOGGING | ||
| SPORTS OPINION WRITING | ||
| SPORTS MEDIA LAW | ||
| SPORTS STATS AND ANALYTICS | ||
| SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA | ||
| SPORTS AUDIO PRODUCTION | ||
| SPORTS & MASCULINITIES | ||
| SPORTS BUSINESS NEWS | ||
| SPORTS CAMPAIGNS | ||
| SPORTS MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS | ||
| SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS | ||
| SPORTS CONTENT CREATION | ||
| SPORTS CRISIS CMN MANAGEMENT | ||
| FOX SPORTS UNIVERSITY | ||
- 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.