Overview
The sports broadcasting track was designed to prepare students for the ever-expanding field of sports media. Students on this track have direct access to sports broadcasting opportunities through Youngstown State University Athletics, including NCAA Division I sports, via Horizon League and Missouri Valley Conference (i.e., Penguin football) streams and broadcasts. Students learn the process of preparing content through the pre- and post-production phases as well as evaluation of the content.
This curriculum is designed to prepare students in pursuit of careers not only in sports media but also in expanding avenues of communication such as cross-platform sports production (i.e., preparing sports content for multiple platforms), media sales and advertising, writing and editing, and independent production. Sports media internships are available at regionally based, national and international media organizations such as ESPN and Fox Sports affiliates and flagship locations.
Possible Careers
- Camera operator
- Digital media producer, director, editor
- On-air host
- Media sales
- Media management
- Multimedia producer
- Public and media relations
- Radio DJ
- Sports journalist, blogger
- Sports media content producer
- Sports media director, editor
- Social media manager, content creator
- Sports TV/Radio show host, producer
- Sports video blogger (vlogger)
- Video producer, director, editor
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR STUDENT REQUIREMENT-SUCCESS SEMINAR | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or SS 1500 | Strong Start Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| GE Mathematics Course *Any approved GE math course, MATH 2623 or 2623C recommended | 3-6 | |
| GE: Arts and Humanities (6 SH) | 6 | |
| GE: Natural Sciences *1 science course must include a lab | 7 | |
| GE: Social Sciences (6 SH) | ||
| MCOM 1595 | Media Literacy and Culture *required for major | 3 |
| GE: Social Science Course | 3 | |
| GE: Social and Personal Awareness | ||
| CMST 2610 | Intercultural Communication *required for major | 3 |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Foreign Language Requirement | ||
| FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language (or FNLG 1505) | 4 |
| FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language (or FNLG 1506) | 4 |
| Required Support Courses | ||
| CMST 1500 | Exploring Communication | 3 |
| CMST 3790 | Personal Brand Communication | 3 |
| JOUR 2602 | Media Writing | 3 |
| JOUR 4824 | Communication Law | 3 |
| MCOM Core Requirements | ||
| MCOM 2624 | Communication Technology - Photo and Video | 3 |
| MCOM 2625 | Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design | 3 |
| MCOM 2683 | Foundations of Multicamera Production | 3 |
| MCOM 2685 | Producing | 3 |
| MCOM 3726 | American Media: History, Principles and Practices | 3 |
| MCOM 3780 | Presentational Literacy | 3 |
| MCOM 3782 | Advanced Multicamera Production | 3 |
| MCOM 4850 | Applied Production | 3 |
| Sports Broadcasting Requirements | ||
| MCOM 1570 | Sports Field Production 1 | 3 |
| MCOM 3793 | Broadcast Sports Performance | 3 |
| MCOM 3794 | Cross-platform Sports Broadcasting | 3 |
| MCOM 3795 | Sports Field Production 2 | 3 |
| MCOM Electives (6 SH) Select | 6 | |
| Select 2 of the following courses: MCOM 3781, MCOM 3784, MCOM 3791, MCOM 4882, MCOM 4884, MCOM 4888 | ||
| Seminar Requirement | ||
| MCOM 4897 | Seminar in Telecommunication | 3 |
| or JOUR 4825 | Selected Topics in Journalism | |
| Senior Capstone | ||
| MCOM 4899 | Senior Project | 3 |
| Free Electives *Hours will vary based on what is needed for 120 SH | 14 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-125 | |
*Student must complete a minimum 39 SH of upper-level courses, 37XX and above.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar or Strong Start Success Seminar or Intro to Honors | 1-2 |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| CMST 1500 | Exploring Communication | 3 |
| MCOM 1570 | Sports Field Production 1 | 3 |
| JOUR 2602 | Media Writing | 3 |
| MCOM 2624 or MCOM 2625 | Communication Technology - Photo and Video or Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 16-18 | |
| Spring | ||
| MCOM 1595 | Media Literacy and Culture | 3 |
| MCOM 2625 or MCOM 2624 | Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design or Communication Technology - Photo and Video | 3 |
| MCOM 2685 | Producing | 3 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| GE: Math Course Any approved GE: MATH, MATH 2623 or 2623C Recommended | 3-6 | |
| Semester Hours | 15-18 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MCOM 2683 | Foundations of Multicamera Production | 3 |
| MCOM 3780 | Presentational Literacy | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| GE: Lab Science | 4 | |
| FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| MCOM 3782 | Advanced Multicamera Production | 3 |
| MCOM 3795 | Sports Field Production 2 | 3 |
| CMST 2610 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| GE: Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MCOM 3726 | American Media: History, Principles and Practices | 3 |
| CMST 3790 | Personal Brand Communication | 3 |
| MCOM 3793 | Broadcast Sports Performance | 3 |
| GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| GE: Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| JOUR 4824 | Communication Law | 3 |
| MCOM 3794 | Cross-platform Sports Broadcasting | 3 |
| MCOM Elective *MCOM 3781, MCOM 3784, MCOM 3791, MCOM 4882, MCOM 4884, MCOM 4888 | 3 | |
| GE: Natural Science | 3 | |
| GE: Social Science | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MCOM 4850 | Applied Production | 3 |
| MCOM 4897 or JOUR 4825 | Seminar in Telecommunication or Selected Topics in Journalism | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 2 | |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| MCOM 4899 | Senior Project | 3 |
| MCOM Elective *MCOM 3781, MCOM 3784, MCOM 3791, MCOM 4882, MCOM 4884, MCOM 4888 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 12 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-125 | |
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student learning outcomes for the B.A. degree program are as follows:
- The student will construct arguments using basic reasoning skills and avoiding fallacies;
- The student will compose messages using multi-media technology;
- The student will design written, oral, and visual messages to communicate ideas to a specific audience;
- The student will appraise the values, attitudes, and goals of a potential audience using demographic and psychographic variables;
- The student will describe the prevailing theories of electronic media and appraise the relative value of each.