Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Communication

Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


Academic Information

The Sports and Adventure Media Certificate Program provides students the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in multiple media platforms while covering traditional and adventure sports in one of the nation's premier outdoor recreation destinations.

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Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


Careers

What Can I Do with a Certificate in Sports and Adventure Media?

Careers in sports and adventure media are fast-paced and close to the action. Coursework in this certificate program equips students with the professional-level experience required to secure a job in the highly desirable and competitive field of sports and adventure media. Our NAU sports media students have won numerous national awards, and recent graduates have landed jobs at high-profile media outlets.

Career opportunities that might be pursued:
  • Media Relations Specialist
  • Sideline Reporter
  • Social Media Specialist
  • Sports Broadcaster
  • Sports Director
  • Sports Editor
  • Sports Producer
  • Sports Talk Host
  • Sportswriter

With further education, one of these paths is possible:
  • Athletic Communications Director
  • Attorney
  • Publisher
  • University Professor

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Communication

Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


University Requirements

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Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


Overview

In addition to University Requirements:

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

Minimum Units for Completion 15
Major GPA 2.0
Fieldwork Experience/Internship Required

Purpose Statement

The Sports and Adventure Media Certificate Program provides students the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in multiple media platforms while covering traditional and adventure sports in one of the nation's premier outdoor recreation destinations.

Students hone their skills working in a professional environment - anchoring and producing live sports segments for our award-winning local newscast, broadcasting live local sporting events, hosting sports talk radio shows and writing sports recaps and feature stories. Additionally, students engage in social media strategies, learn media management practices, and benefit from guest lectures delivered by sport media professionals. Students have the opportunity to cover local high school sports, NCAA Division I athletics, professional sports, and outdoor adventure sports amid some of the most pristine backdrops in the world.

Students involved in our Media Innovation Center sports classes have won numerous national awards, and recent graduate have landed jobs at high-profile media outlets. This success has been recognized on the national level, as the Media Innovation Center sports program was ranked 13th in the nation by the Broadcast Educators Association in Spring 2022.

This certificate will prepare students to enter the sports media field. Potential career opportunities include sports broadcaster, sportswriter, sports editor, sports director, sports producer, sports talk host, sideline reporter, social media specialist, and media relations specialist.

Student Learning Outcomes

Conceptual

Practical

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Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


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Communication

Sports and Adventure Media, Undergraduate Certificate


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