About the Program
The Sports Communication Certificate is a set of courses designed to give students enhanced credentials for careers involving sports-related journalism, public relations, and media production. The certificate provides a competitive edge through cousework demonstrating both academic knowledge and applied experience. This knowledge and experience are transferrable from sports to virtually any communication field and are applicable to the multiple platforms of converged communication simultaneously required of media producers in the 21st century: expertise in disseminating content through such as print and broadcast media, internet, social media, audio production, and video production.
About the Communication Department
B112 Buckham Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6008
Fax: (716) 878-4697
https://communication.buffalostate.edu/
Program Requirements
Required: Two Professional Courses in Sports Communication (6 credits)
Choose two from the following:
COM 390 SPECIAL TOPICS: JOURNALISTIC WRITING
COM 392 PUBLIC RELATIONS IN SPORTS
SPC 426 DOCUMENTARY FILM ANALYSIS
Required: One Individualized Course (3 credits)
Choose one from the following:
COM 488 INTERNSHIP (1-15)
COM 495 SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3)
Required: One Major Course with Option for Sports-Related Content (3 credits)
Contact instructor to ensure that sports-related content is available
Choose one from the following:
COM 301 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING
COM 308 PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING
COM 312 BASIC MEDIA PRODUCTION
COM 325 FEATURE WRITING
COM 336 WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
COM 405 ONLINE NEWSROOM
COM 433 ADVANCED TV DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
COM 434 ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
Required: One Sports-Themed Course Outside Communication (3 credits)
Choose one from the following:
SOC 324/HPR 319 SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT
BUS 368 SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
Total Credit Hours 15