 | | Course ID: | SPTM 3800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports, Media, and Society | Course
Description: | An examination of how sports and the media coverage of sports
reflect and drive United States social, political, and cultural
change. | | Athena Title: | Sports, Media, and Society | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 3850. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Sports Reporting and Writing | Course
Description: | An introduction to the reporting and writing competencies
necessary to sports event coverage. The course also will
include discussion of the role sports journalism plays in the
21st-century media landscape, the interplay between reporters
and sports entities, and contemporary issues in sports
journalism. | | Athena Title: | Intro Sport Report and Writing | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 4800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Multiplatform Storytelling for Sports | Course
Description: | A practical and theoretical laboratory experience on how to
tell a variety of sports stories – from breaking news to
enterprise across a range of digital platforms, including text,
social media, podcasts, infographics, photo, and video. | | Athena Title: | Multiplatform Storytell Sports | | Prerequisite: | SPTM 3850 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Social and Digital Media Production for Sports | Course
Description: | A practical and theoretical experience on how to produce
compelling sports-related content for digital and social media.
Students will also study how social and digital media influence
the way sports content is created and consumed. | | Athena Title: | Soc Media Prod for Sports | | Prerequisite: | SPTM 3850 and SPTM 4800 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5780E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports and Social Media | Course
Description: | Introduces students to using social media professionally in the
context of sports journalism and communications. They will study
theories to understand the phenomenon of social media and
evaluate how sports media outlets, teams, leagues, athletes, and
other stakeholders make use of apps and platforms. | | Athena Title: | Sports and Social Media | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports Enterprise Reporting and Writing | Course
Description: | A project-oriented laboratory experience that will focus on the
various competencies required in reporting and writing in-depth
and multi-faceted sports enterprise stories. | | Athena Title: | Sports Enterprise Report Writ | | Prerequisite: | SPTM 3850 and SPTM 4800 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ADPR(SPTM) 5810. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports Media Relations | Course
Description: | An in-depth exposure to the role of media in sports
organizations and event production, with hands-on experience in
work performed by sports communication staff. The course also
will explore the evolving relationship between sports
communication and media coverage of sports. | | Athena Title: | Sports Media Relations | | Prerequisite: | JRLC 3850 and JRLC 4800 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5820. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports Broadcast and Production | Course
Description: | Training in production of sports events for mass distribution.
In addition to developing technical proficiencies, students
will learn to prepare for and practice on-air skills such as
sideline reporting and play-by-play in simulated and live
experiences. The course will include study of the evolution of
sports broadcast forms and functions. | | Athena Title: | Sport Broadcast and Production | | Prerequisite: | SPTM 3850 and SPTM 4800 and permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5880E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Sports Media | Course
Description: | A focus on an issue or trend that has become a social concern or
transformational force in sports and sports media. Current
examples include college sports realignment and related
broadcast rights agreements, social media, the impact of sports
concussions, and sports analytics. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Sports Media | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in JRLC 5880 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5880. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Sports Media | Course
Description: | A focus on an issue or trend that has become a social concern
or transformational force in sports and sports media. Current
examples include college sports realignment and related
broadcast rights agreements, social media, the impact of sports
concussions, and sports analytics. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Sports Media | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in SPTM 5880E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SPTM 5900. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports Media Capstone | Course
Description: | A practicum experience in partnership with a professional
organization to allow students to pursue their own particular
interests and possible career paths in sports media.
Instructors will provide specific learning parameters and
critical feedback on student work as the term progresses. | | Athena Title: | Sports Media Capstone | | Prerequisite: | SPTM 3850 and SPTM 4800 and (SPTM 5800 or ADPR(SPTM) 5810 or SPTM 5820) and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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