Sports Reporting Requirements
A broadcast sports reporter requires writing skills, broadcasting techniques, a knowledge of production values, multimedia skills and, of course, and in-depth knowledge of sports, the players and the role of sports in society.
The goal of the MS concentration in sports broadcasting is to produce a skilled journalist who also has an in-depth knowledge of sports and sports issues, as they relate to the greater society and to the various sports themselves. Students must take a minimum of 12 courses (48 credits) to complete the program. Just as important, students should prepare themselves for alternate career patterns by taking at least one course in some other format such as magazine writing or multimedia publishing, and should also broaden their horizons with a substantive course not related to sports, as listed in “Topical Areas of Interest.”
Core Requirements
| COMJO524 – Broadcast Sports Journalism |
| COMJO707 – Writing and Reporting for Broadcast News |
| COMJO711 – Electronic News Production |
| COMJO721 – Journalism Principles and Techniques |
Concentration Courses
| COMCM536 – Sports Communication |
| COMJO514 – Sports Journalism |
| COMJO525 – Media Law and Ethics |
| COMJO532 – Sports Journalism Seminar Series |
Choose one of the following:
| SEDPE510 – Sport Psychology |
| SEDPE710 – Sport Theory and Social Systems |
Electives: Formats
Choose One or Two from the Following
| COMJO506 – Columns and Editorials |
| COMJO513 – Advanced Photojournalism |
| COMJO519 – Narrative Radio |
| COMJO703 – Magazine Writing |
Electives: Topical Areas of Interest
Choose One or Two from the Following
| COMJO501 – Introduction to Business and Economic Reporting |
| COMJO516 – Foreign Reporting |
| COMJO535 – INVESTIGATIVE AND PROJECT REPORTING |
| COMJO705 – Science Unbound-Writing at the Edges of Science and Society |
| COMJO733 – Enterprise Reporting |
| COMJO737 – Broadcast Journalism Internship |
If SED PE 710 or COM CM 536 are unavailable, other courses may be substituted via approved petition.
Some courses have prerequisites which are not listed above. All requirements and prerequisites are listed on COM’s Bulletins website.
