2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

COMM 415 Sports Information and Media

This course offers students pragmatic insight into the skills and day-to-day operations associated with various careers in sports communication, which include multimedia production, public relations, sports management, and sports information. Industry professionals will augment student knowledge via guest lectures and presentations. 

Credits

3

Offered

Spring, even years

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Will understand key issues and terms relating to the economics, technology, and culture that drives modern sports journalism
  2. Will familiarize themselves with what industry experts currently working in the field of sports journalism
  3. Will explore the evolution of the industry to today's audience-driven, social media influenced landscape
  4. Will practice reporting as storytelling in a modern media environment
  5. Will think, reflect, and make presentations about how culture and sports intersect in modern settings
  6. Will reflect on the impact of culture, diversity, and inclusion in sports contexts
  7. Will study and discuss problems surrounding sports issues in the 21st Century