Undergraduate Courses
JCM 425 Digital Sports Coverage – The purpose of this class is to build on the sports skills that you should already possess. We will build on skills such as writing, shooting video, on-air delivery, enterprising story ideas, finding different angles on stories, and how to evaluate your work and your colleagues’ work. Topics will include on-camera work and the various responsibilities involved in sports production. This course will also include discussion of current issues in broadcast sports, ethics, and professional career possibilities.
JCM 435 Sports Documentary – The course will give students a better understanding of the theory and practice of sports documentary production. Students will explore the contemporary development, its many genres, and the journalistic and ethical questions that arise in the production of sports documentaries. Students will also research and create mini-documentaries on sport-related topics.
JCM 462 Motion Graphics – This course introduces students to software in motion graphics creation platforms. Students will develop their creative abilities with emphasis on element creation, green screen technology, practical vs. digital effects, further developing an understanding of codecs, prepping a project for professional sound and picture finishing, and executing the final phases of post-production including output.
JCM 484 Capstone Sports Portfolio – This course is the most advanced skills course in the University’s sports media sequence It draws heavily on the writing journalistic, production, and performance skills learned in prior classes. Students will enhance their video, writing and editing skills produce a high-quality sports-related product.
JCM 492 Media Professional Development
Graduate Courses
MC 550 Research Methods – A survey of qualitative and quantitative methods in communication research.
JCM 535 Sports Documentary – Graduate level version of JCM 435
CIS 650 Seminar: Content Analysis Method – Content analysis is the systematic, objective and quantitative analysis of message characteristics. Content analysis is a systematic way to analyze the content of documented communications, whether they are written, audio/visual or digital.