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Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Sports Media)
Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Sports Media)

Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Sports Media)

  • ID:SU10014
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

  • Completed online application for admissions
  •  A School Report Form (official or attested academic transcripts from all secondary schools, post-secondary schools and universities)
  • Two recommendation letters.

English requirements

  • TOEFL
    • Internet-based minimum score: 80
    • Computer-based minimum score:  213
    • Paper-based minimum score:  550  
  • IELTS: 6.0 overall band​
  • Cambridge English: 170
  • SAT: If you are a first-year undergraduate freshman applicant, your English requirement can be satisfied by achieving at least a 450 on the Critical Reading section of the SAT exam.  
  • ACT: If you are a first-year undergraduate freshman applicant, your English requirement can be satisfied by achieving at least a 19 on the English section of the ACT exam.  

Course Information

Perfect blend of practice and theory

Sports is a multi-billion dollar industry. Get the training and insight to work everywhere from professional beats to the front offices of teams followed by millions.

Learn the practical elements of being a broadcaster or journalist in an ever-growing market and the history of sports to understand the context of what you'll be covering.

Discuss the contribution of Jackie Robinson and how sports and race have become intertwined in our society. Look at the gender gap and monumental moments that have helped close it. Debate current events and how they're covered by social and traditional media.

Broaden your knowledge of the world around you and better understand important topics with one of our interdisciplinary minors, like film studies or africana studies.

Real-world experience

Pick up a camera, get behind a microphone or take statistics during collegiate games. Work closely with the Sports Information Department and help with game management, promotion and coverage.

Our students have interned with Minor League Baseball teams, the Little League Hall of Fame and World Series, and at the Olympics.

After graduation, you'll have choices of employment from sports reporter to the front office of professional teams to college athletics sports information.

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Sports Media Track. Students prepare for careers in sports media and/or sports public relations/promotion by fulfilling the university Central Curriculum requirements, participating in sports-related communications practica,  and successfully completing the following courses:

Department Requirements

  • Grammar for Communicators
  • Essentials of Digital Media
  • Communication/Media Theory
  • Public Speaking
  • Ethics and Leadership
  • Media Law
  • Practicum
  • Practicum

Sports Media Requirements

  • Sports Journalism
  • Sports Media Relations and Promotion
  • Audio Production and Media Performance
  • Fundamentals of Digital Video Production
  • Sports Media I: Contemporary Issues
  • Sports Media II: Historical/Critical Analysis
  • Intermediate Digital Multimedia Production
  • Professional Digital Multimedia Production
  • or Feature Writing
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Pre Courses

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Pathway Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Communication graduates have recently found jobs with the following companies:

  • ABC 27 WHTM
  • Citigroup
  • Comcast
  • Fox 29 WTXF-TV
  • Hollywood Media Corporation
  • MediaPower
  • National Geographic Society
  • QVC
  • Rockstar San Diego
  • Sapient Nitro
  • Six Flags America
  • Swarovski
  • Tiffany & Co.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Health Insurance - USD $1305 per year

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