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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. ### requirements text JOURN 150 ### credits min 4 ### credits max 4 ### credit offering ids * 1272:512:025339 ### llm job id enrich-8b774950c2b6adfdc46d1b82 ### llm output id 11392198f713a238000311211df0005cd7e66cc2df8df82e9259359e9e11a338 ### llm model nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 ### llm model revision 1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5 ### llm task version 14 ### llm search status valid ### llm summary JOURN 450 teaches core skills in sports reporting and writing for a mass audience in a changing media landscape. ### llm topics * Professional, historical, and theoretical perspectives on sports communication. * The role of sport in contemporary society. ### llm skills * Communicating about sports to a mass audience. * Disseminating information about sports-related events and topics. * Starting a sports communication career. ### llm assumed background * Foundational knowledge of sports communication professions and concepts. ### llm search phrases * sports reporting * sports writing * sports journalism * sports media * sports communication career ### llm requirements status valid ### llm student summary status valid ### llm experience status insufficient\_evidence ### catalog variants None recorded. ### student summary #### context hash 77820f908c540924f959e48e55810f90060dbb1d08c35712accc49bea58cfaa0 #### course id JOURN 450 #### current instructors ```json [ { "instructor_uid": "instructor_37e55e2187ce648cb2a1cd59", "message": "No course-specific reviews available", "name": "Matt Hermann", "review_status": "no_course_reviews", "rmp_instructor_id": "rmp:2966958", "summary": [ { "citations": [ { "course_id": "JOURN 450", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "section_number": 1, "source_course_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "source_record": { "entity_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "section_grades_latest", "term_id": "1242", "type": "grade" }, { "course_id": "JOURN 450", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "section_number": 1, "source_course_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "source_record": { "entity_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "section_grades_latest", "term_id": "1254", "type": "grade" }, { "course_id": "JOURN 450", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "section_number": 1, "source_course_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "source_record": { "entity_id": "974af212-44c0-390d-9127-acab45e2bfe3", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "section_grades_latest", "term_id": "1262", "type": "grade" } ], "text": "Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades). 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3.8462897526501765 #### count 283 #### university ##### size 3960 ##### gpa Percentile 65 ##### count Percentile 78 ##### median Count 103 ##### histogram | range | count | current | | ------- | ----- | ------- | | 0.0–0.4 | 0 | false | | 0.4–0.8 | 0 | false | | 0.8–1.2 | 0 | false | | 1.2–1.6 | 0 | false | | 1.6–2.0 | 0 | false | | 2.0–2.4 | 0 | false | | 2.4–2.8 | 14 | false | | 2.8–3.2 | 258 | false | | 3.2–3.6 | 1004 | false | | 3.6–4.0 | 2684 | true | #### departments ```json [ { "subject": "JOURN", "comparison": { "size": 51, "gpaPercentile": 62, "countPercentile": 74, "medianCount": 93, "histogram": [ { "range": "0.0–0.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.4–0.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.8–1.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.2–1.6", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.6–2.0", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.0–2.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.4–2.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { 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"JOURN", "comparison": { "size": 11, "gpaPercentile": 50, "countPercentile": 10, "medianCount": 98, "histogram": [ { "range": "0.0–0.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.4–0.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.8–1.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.2–1.6", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.6–2.0", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.0–2.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.4–2.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.8–3.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "3.2–3.6", "count": 4, "current": false }, { "range": "3.6–4.0", "count": 7, "current": true } ] } } ] ``` #### 1242 ##### term 1242 ##### gpa 3.8854166666666665 ##### count 48 ##### university ###### size 1295 ###### gpa Percentile 79 ###### count Percentile 35 ###### median Count 67 ###### histogram | range | count | current | | ------- | ----- | ------- | | 0.0–0.4 | 0 | false | | 0.4–0.8 | 0 | false | | 0.8–1.2 | 0 | false | | 1.2–1.6 | 0 | false | | 1.6–2.0 | 0 | false | | 2.0–2.4 | 2 | false | | 2.4–2.8 | 11 | false | | 2.8–3.2 | 162 | false | | 3.2–3.6 | 394 | false | | 3.6–4.0 | 726 | true | ##### departments ```json [ { "subject": "JOURN", "comparison": { "size": 16, "gpaPercentile": 87, "countPercentile": 20, "medianCount": 95.5, "histogram": [ { "range": "0.0–0.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.4–0.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.8–1.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.2–1.6", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.6–2.0", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.0–2.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.4–2.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.8–3.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "3.2–3.6", "count": 2, "current": false }, { "range": "3.6–4.0", "count": 14, "current": true } ] } } ] ``` #### 1252 ##### term 1252 ##### gpa 3.989795918367347 ##### count 49 ##### university ###### size 1333 ###### gpa Percentile 95 ###### count Percentile 34 ###### median Count 69 ###### histogram | range | count | current | | ------- | ----- | ------- | | 0.0–0.4 | 0 | false | | 0.4–0.8 | 0 | false | | 0.8–1.2 | 0 | false | | 1.2–1.6 | 0 | false | | 1.6–2.0 | 0 | false | | 2.0–2.4 | 0 | false | | 2.4–2.8 | 14 | false | | 2.8–3.2 | 115 | false | | 3.2–3.6 | 431 | false | | 3.6–4.0 | 773 | true | ##### departments ```json [ { "subject": "JOURN", "comparison": { "size": 17, "gpaPercentile": 100, "countPercentile": 13, "medianCount": 95, "histogram": [ { "range": "0.0–0.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.4–0.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.8–1.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.2–1.6", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.6–2.0", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.0–2.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.4–2.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "2.8–3.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "3.2–3.6", "count": 3, "current": false }, { "range": "3.6–4.0", "count": 14, "current": true } ] } } ] ``` #### 1254 ##### term 1254 ##### gpa 3.806122448979592 ##### count 49 ##### university ###### size 1289 ###### gpa Percentile 67 ###### count Percentile 34 ###### median Count 66 ###### histogram | range | count | current | | ------- | ----- | ------- | | 0.0–0.4 | 0 | false | | 0.4–0.8 | 0 | false | | 0.8–1.2 | 0 | false | | 1.2–1.6 | 0 | false | | 1.6–2.0 | 0 | false | | 2.0–2.4 | 0 | false | | 2.4–2.8 | 17 | false | | 2.8–3.2 | 128 | false | | 3.2–3.6 | 379 | false | | 3.6–4.0 | 765 | true | ##### departments ```json [ { "subject": "JOURN", "comparison": { "size": 15, "gpaPercentile": 57, "countPercentile": 7, "medianCount": 79, "histogram": [ { "range": "0.0–0.4", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.4–0.8", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "0.8–1.2", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.2–1.6", "count": 0, "current": false }, { "range": "1.6–2.0", "count": 0, "current": 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