Sport Communication - Undergraduate Minor
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Learn MoreThe Sport Communication minors offers students the opportunity to examine important and timely sports-related issues in an ethical context as well as analyze sports from cross-cultural perspectives.
Students will gain an understanding of sport mass media, sport communication, sports reporting, interpersonal and organizational communication, and the impact each has in our global society. The courses cover theory and practice in cross-platform communication, sports ethics and theoretical underpinnings, public relations, and marketing. The minor provides applied fundamentals for students seeking employment in the commercial world of sports (areas such as management or promotion of athletic organizations) and in sports media.
This minor is offered jointly by the Department of Communication and the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism in the College of Education and Human Development.
Course Requirements
Required Courses (12 credits)
- COMM 303: Writing across the Media (3 credit hours)
- COMM 320: Business and Professional Communication (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 201: Introduction to Sport Management (3 credit hours) OR SPMT 304: Sport, Culture, and Society (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 430: Sport Communication (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses (6 credits) chosen from:
Special topics courses, when relevant, may be used to fulfill this requirement with the prior written approval of the director. Depending on which courses students took as a required course (above), they may use either SPMT 201 or SPMT 304 as an elective. COMM majors are required to take one elective SPMT course.
- COMM 204: Introduction to Public Relations (3 credit hours)
- COMM 305: Foundations of Intercultural Communication (3 credit hours)
- COMM 351: News Writing and Reporting (3 credit hours)
- COMM 356: Video: Performance and Writing (3 credit hours)
- COMM 359: Media Management (3 credit hours)
- COMM 361: Online Journalism (3 credit hours)
- COMM 371: Sports Writing and Reporting (3 credit hours)
- COMM 372: Sports and the Media (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 201: Introduction to Sport Management (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 302: Philosophical and Ethical Dimensions of Sport (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 304: Sport, Culture, and Society (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 318: Diversity and Inclusion Issues in Sport (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 405: Sport Venues and Events (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 412: Sport Marketing and Sales (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 420: Economics and Finance in the Sport Industry (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 440: Global Perspectives in Sport (3 credit hours)
- SPMT 455: Governance and Policy in Sport Organizations (3 credit hours)
Click to view the 2017-2018 Sport Communication Minor Advising Sheet
Total: 18 credits
For more information about this minor, contact:
Michelle Gnoleba
Academic Advisor
mgnoleba@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-5200
Thompson Hall, Suite 2300 (Fairfax)