The Sports Media Certificate is designed to provide fundamental knowledge and skills for developing and managing the communications within and surrounding the amateur, collegiate and professional sports industries. It is open to students in any journalism concentration. Courses are primarily taken in the junior and senior years.
Students must complete at least 12 credit hours as described below to earn the Sports Media Certificate.
JMC 210 is a pre-requisite to JMC 488, but students with previous video production experience may be allowed to enroll with instructor permission.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
JMC 488 | Laboratory in Media Production | 3 |
JMC 540 | Sports, Media and Society | 3 |
JMC 585 | Multimedia Sports Journalism | 3 |
Plus one elective from this list of courses in the Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences: