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SPORTS REPORTING AND WRITING

JOURN 450
Course Description

Core skills and issues of communicating about sports to a mass audience in a changing media landscape, as well as advice and support in starting a sports communication career including access to professionals in the field. Utilizes professional, historical and theoretical perspectives in helping participants gain proficiency in disseminating information about sports-related events and topics for informative and strategic purposes, while developing a sense of the role of sport in contemporary society.

Prerequisites
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.81

0.73% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.72% from Historical

A Rate
69.39%

-4.94% from Historical

Class Size
49

24.05% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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