VISCOM: Sports Communication

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Sports Communication

The sports communication concentration prepares students to pursue a career in sports media with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. It meets the expanding needs for sports marketing, promotion, advertising, broadcasting, and creation of video content for a wide variety of applications in social and other electronic media.

All students complete professional internships in sports media and work with sports industry clients throughout their time at Avila.  These practical experiences and professional contacts translate into a competitive advantage in the job market.

All sports communication students complete a portfolio showcasing their professional work prior to graduation.

Career Outcomes

A Sports Communication degree is an entrée into any 21st Century career which involves the fast-growing sports media field or jobs in any sports industry that requires promotion, publicity, or event planning. Job opportunities in this exciting field remain high. With the omnipresence of media, many sports industry businesses have openings for graduates who will find that their degree is a valuable key to entering a great variety of interesting and profitable careers.

Our alumni are currently working in fields as diverse as a television sports anchor at KTTC-TV in Minnesota, Director of Promotions for the T-Bones baseball team in Kansas City, Kansas, writing for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, producing “The Post Game” for Yahoo Sports, and production work for Time Warner Sports. Learn more about careers in sports media.

Sports Communication is a dynamic interdisciplinary degree program that prepares students to pursue careers in the fast-growing fields of sports marketing, promotion, advertising, broadcasting, and creation of sports video content.

All students complete professional internships and work with sports industry clients to gain a competitive advantage in the job market. A portfolio showcasing their professional work is compiled prior to graduation.

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication
Core Curriculum Requirements

Sports Communication Major Requirements  
     
CO 225 Mass Media & Society  
AR/CO 271 Digital Media: Design Software  
CO 360 Media Law  
CO 391 Communication Theory  
CO 495 Internship  
CO 499 Senior Seminar  
   
CO 125  Convergence Journalism and Media
CO 215 Broadcast News & Sports Writing  
CO 223 Digital Media: Shooting & Lighting  
CO 235 Principles of Advertising  
CO 327 Digital Media: Editing and Audio  
CO 331 Public Relations Concepts  
PY/KN 393 Sports Psychology  
CO 436 Sports Promotion Practicum  
CO 486 Sports Journalism Practicum  

And 3 courses from the following: CO 216, CO 317, CO 319, CO 338, CO 415, CO 425 and CO 427.

Open to all Communication students majoring in Advertising & Public Relations, Sports, Communication, or Film & Digital Media. Students are awarded grants up to $2,000 annually.

Requirements

  1. Full-Time Student majoring in Communication
  2. Regular Admissions Status (If the student is provisional admit, the student must attain regular status at the completion of the first academic year.)
  3. Personal Interview with Communication Faculty
  4. Letter of Recommendation from High School or College Instructor, Counselor, or other appropriate representatives (internship or work supervisor, coaches, adult media club director, etc.)
  5. Work hours in the Communication department based on the grant amount awarded.

In order to renew, you must

  1. Enroll in a minimum of 9 hours of CO credits first academic year and a minimum 15 hours of CO credits each year thereafter.
  2. Maintain Full-time Student Status
  3. Maintain a 3.0 in communication classes taken at Avila.
  4. After the second academic year student must present a DVD/portfolio of work for review and renewal.

If you have any questions and to set up an interview, please contact nicole.esquibel@avila.edu.

 

Newspaper (Talon News Media) Scholarships
Requirements

  1. Full-Time Student
  2. Regular Admissions Status (If the student is provisional admit, the student must attain regular status at the completion of the first academic year.)
  3. Personal Interview with Communication Faculty
  4. Letter of Recommendation from High School or College Instructor, Counselor, or other appropriate representatives (internship or work supervisor, coaches, adult media club director, etc.)
  5. Optional:  Work Samples (News stories (written, video, audio); original writing samples; design and layout samples, photojournalism, audio or video podcasts, etc.)  Bringing in work samples can help increase the size of the grant.

Requirements to renew Newspaper (Talon News Media) scholarships

  1. Must actively participate in TNM activities as team members and attend meetings, contribute to planning, organizing, and production of TNM publications and programs even if not enrolled for credit or work-study.
  2. Must sequentially enroll in and successfully complete Introduction to Journalism, Writing for the Media, Talon Practicum 385 (1 hr), and Talon Practicum 485 (3 hours).
  3. Must during the first semester join (at Talon’s expense) and remain in good standing with the American Collegiate Press Association and the Missouri Media College Association standards and practices.

If you have any questions and to set up an interview, please contact Joe.Snorgrass@avila.edu.


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