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Sports and Society Concentration

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
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
CMNS 280
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS
CMNS 307
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES (Topic: Gender & Sports)
CMNS 308
TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (Topic: Sports Rhetoric)
CMNS 358
DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING
HSB 341
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
HSB 344
BUSINESS OF ESPORTS
HSB 353
EVENT SALES, SERVICE & PROMOTION
HSB 398
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic must be sports focused)
IB 350
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
JOUR 278
NEWS REPORTING
JOUR 280
INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
JOUR 309
SPORTS TALK & MULTIMEDIA
JOUR 361
JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS
JOUR 368
SPORTS REPORTING
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)
MPOP 339
RADIO BROADCASTING
MPOP 351
TOPICS IN TELEVISION STUDIES (Sports related topics)
MPOP 363
TOPICS IN FAN STUDIES
MPOP 367
SPORTS FANDOM
MGT 398
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic: Legal Issues in Sports)
MGT 398
SPECIAL TOPICS (Topic: San Diego Sports Consulting Project)
MKT 342
SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING
MKT 385
SPORTS SALES
MKT 398
SPECIAL TOPICS
PRAD 244
PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING
PRAD 292
DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR PRAD PROFESSIONALS
PRAD 320
EVENT PLANNING
PRAD 337
PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS
PRAD 340
BRAND ACTIVATION AND CONSUMER PROMOTION
PRAD 363
THE MEETING OF SPORTS AND ADVERTISING
PRAD 375
COMMUNICATION LAW
PRAD 376
CRISIS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
PRAD 383
BRANDED CONTENT
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 337
SPORTS CAMPAIGNS
SPRTCMN 373
SPORTS MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS
SPRTCMN 374
SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS
SPRTCMN 375
SPORTS CONTENT CREATION
SPRTCMN 376
SPORTS CRISIS CMN MANAGEMENT
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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