Sports Media Minor

Sports Media Minor

The Sports Media minor pairs technical and ethical storytelling skills with a rigorous understanding of how mediated sports events and narratives facilitate national conversations about our culture and values. The Sports Media minor takes advantage of the high percentage of athletes and sports enthusiasts in Saint Mary's classes, and the remarkable access that students have to Division I sports programs and services, offering opportunities to tell stories and conduct research that would be unavailable at most NCAA institutions. 

Sports Media minors complement classes in digital production and media ethics with an internship in the Digital Athletics department. Interns can choose to produce social media content with and for Saint Mary's sports teams, work as videographers or producers for live broadcasts of sporting events, or design promotional content for SMC teams and games.

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Saint Mary’s Media Production Program offers students a multitude of pathways to pursue their passion in digital media storytelling, and prepares them for careers in increasingly media-focused job environments.

Curriculum

Sports Media, Minor

The minor in Sports Media is for students who wish to both study the relationship between athletics and media representation, and create sports-focused digital media.

Requirements

Core

The following classes are required for all Sports Media minors.

  • Media Prod. Tools & Techniques (3 units)
  • On-Campus Media Internship
  • Media Ethics and Ecologies (3 units)
  • Sport Marketing (3 units)
  • Sports Media (4 units)

Elective Media Production

All Sports Media minors must take one of the classes below.

  • Video Production (4 units)
  • Audio Production (4 units)
  • Community Media (3 units)
  • Sports Journalism (4 units)
  • Basic Design (4 units)
  • Digital Photography (4 units)
  • Designing for the Web (4 units)
  • 3D Animation (4 units)
  • Experimental Photography (4 units)
  • Advanced Design (4 units)

Elective Sports Management

All Sports Media minors must take one of the classes below.

  • Intro to Sport Mgmt (3 units)
  • Women in Sport (4 units)
  • History of Sport (4 units)
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology (4 units)
  • Sport and Social Justice (4 units)

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