The College of Media and Communication offers a 12-hour Undergraduate Certificate in Sports Media for students planning on media careers in the sports industry. Sports media jobs are often interdisciplinary, cutting across the traditional media disciplines of journalism, electronic media, public relations, and advertising. The certificate consists of four courses, each with three units of credit, taken from various college departments. Students can choose four courses from ADV 3350 , ADV 4301 (Olympics and Global Promotion), EMC 4301 (Producing for Sports), JOUR 4305 , PR 3354 , PR 4301 (Event Management, Global Sports).
Students also can choose 3 credit hours from activities courses, such as EMC 2000 /JOUR 2000 or EMC 3100 or EMC 4300 , which offer practicum credit for work in the sports media industry. These activities include, but are not limited to, college-sponsored programs, such as Raider Vision (TTU Athletics Broad casting), the HUB, the Outpost, or Double T Insider (department chair approval required).
Students also can earn a maximum of 3 credit hours by taking one of two courses offered in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, SPMT 4355 and SPMT 4356 (based on agreement with the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management to waive any and all prerequisites for these courses).
