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Sports Journalism Concentration

The Sports Journalism concentration prepares students with the digital editing skills and ability to write across platforms to enter the fast-changing world of sports media. Students learn how to gather sports news, write and produce multimedia content on tight deadlines and are instructed by current and former professional journalists from world-famous outlets such as ESPN, Fox Sports, the Big Ten Network, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, WGN, 670 The Score, and NBC Sports Chicago. This concentration enables students to seek careers in traditional sports journalism in TV, radio, print, and digital outlets, along with positions with a variety of sports leagues, teams, organizations, and related entities. 

Course Title Quarter Hours
JOUR 278NEWS REPORTING4
JOUR 368SPORTS REPORTING4
Select two elective courses from the following:8
CMN 150
SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 292
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WORKSHOP (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 295
ADOBE INDESIGN (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 296
ADOBE AUDITION (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 297
ADOBE PREMIERE VIDEO EDITING (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 397
RESEARCH PRACTICUM 1
CMN 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
IB 350
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
JOUR 280
INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
JOUR 309
SPORTS TALK & MULTIMEDIA
JOUR 361
JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS
JOUR 376
TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Content Creation)
JOUR 376
TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Producing)
JOUR 377
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Online Sports Reporting)
JOUR 377
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Opinion & Column Writing)
JOUR 377
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Topic: Sports Blogging)
HSB 341
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
HSB 344
BUSINESS OF ESPORTS
HSB 398
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic must be sports focused)
MGT 398
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic: Legal Issues in Sports)
MKT 342
SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING
MKT 385
SPORTS SALES
MKT 398
SPECIAL TOPICS
MPOP 339
RADIO BROADCASTING
SPRTCMN 276
SPORTS PHOTOJOURNALISM
SPRTCMN 300
TOPICS IN SPORTS COMMUNICATION
SPRTCMN 308
SPORTS & MASCULINITIES - A SURVEY OF HOW SPORTS INFORM GENDER IN AMERICAN CULTURE
SPRTCMN 322
LIVE SPORTS EVENT PRODUCTION
SPRTCMN 323
SPORTS PODCASTING
SPRTCMN 324
SPORTS MEDIA PERSONAL BRANDING
SPRTCMN 325
SPORTS OPINION WRITING
SPRTCMN 326
SPORTS MEDIA LAW
SPRTCMN 327
SPORTS STATS AND ANALYTICS
SPRTCMN 328
SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA
SPRTCMN 329
SPORTS AUDIO PRODUCTION
SPRTCMN 331
SPORTS BUSINESS NEWS
SPRTCMN 374
SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS
SPRTCMN 375
SPORTS CONTENT CREATION
SPRTCMN 397
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. 

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