Sports Media certificate

The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism ’s certificate in sports media is designed to enhance writing, reporting, broadcast and multimedia skills for careers in the field of sports journalism.

Requirements

Students must have journalism major status. A grade of at least B is required in every course counted toward the certificate.

Required courses, 16 hours

3 hours

Selected from:

JOUR 3321 - News Reporting and Writing
JOUR 3322 - Copyediting
JOUR 3323 - News Writing for Broadcast and Web

3 hours

Selected from:

JOUR 3300 - Introduction to Visual Communication for News
JOUR 2400 - Fundamentals of Public Relations Practices

6 hours from

SOCI 2050 - Sociology of Sport
JOUR 4350 - Sports Journalism
or
JOUR 4355 - Sport Media Relations

Plus one course

Selected from:

JOUR 4800 - Professional Internship
JOUR 4810 - News or Sports Practicum

Elective, 3 hours

Selected from:

JOUR 3340 - Digital Media for Journalists
JOUR 4270 - Strategic Social Media