{"id":7095,"date":"2019-07-02T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harrington.uri.edu\/?page_id=7095"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:28:24","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Media Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Sports Media and Communication B.A.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sports-media-91-webheader-6.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility 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href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11546\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11546\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11548\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11548\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/minor\/\">Minor<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11547\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11547\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12389\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12389\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/news\/\">Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bachelor\u2019s of Arts degree in Sports Media &amp; Communications requires the following:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">120 total credit hours,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least 30 credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">40 credits of Gen Ed courses with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/advising-resources\/general-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">university-mandated guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A minimum of 36 credits (maximum 48) within the major; among those 36 will include:<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A six-credit writing prescription: WRT104\/WRT235 <\/span><b><i>or<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> JOR115\/JOR220,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC100, SMC101, SMC201 and SMC203,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC400 and SMC495,<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Four electives (Students work with their academic advisors to customize their individual curriculum based on interests and curiosities),<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimum 2.0 grade-point average.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Curriculum-sheet-26-27.pdf\" title=\"\">Curriculum Sheet<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/sports-media-and-communication-b-a\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">course description<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upon completing the curriculum and earning <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><b>Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Media and Communication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the University of Rhode Island<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, students will graduate with the following knowledge, skills and aptitudes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">communicate ideas effectively in written, oral, and visual form to a variety of sport audiences;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">identify, understand and effectively use production tools in order to create, design and produce professional media content, research, and portfolio projects;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recognize the role of media in reproducing\/challenging cultural and social meanings and disparities within the context of sport;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">analyze how sport media are constructed as texts and understand the cultural, historical, and political contexts in which they are created and consumed;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">understand and assess sport institutions, audiences, consumers, and media producers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested Curriculum Timeline<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_9748\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent bootstrap3 colored_table\">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"9748\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Sports Media Curriculum Map\"            id=\"footable_9748\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_3836069338_9748\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_9748 ninja_table_unique_id_3836069338_9748 table ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_search_right ninja_table_pro nt_type_legacy_table vertical_centered striped ninja_custom_color inverted footable-paging-right hide_stacked_th\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_semester \">Year<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_course \">Course<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"90\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_90\">\n            <td><p><strong>First Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td>URI 101: Planning for Academic Success<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"92\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_92\">\n            <td><\/td><td>SMC 100: Multimedia Toolbox for Sports Media<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"93\" class=\"ninja_table_row_2 nt_row_id_93\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC 101: The Sports Media Industry<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"94\" class=\"ninja_table_row_3 nt_row_id_94\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WRT 104 (or JOR115): Writing to Inform and Explain (or Foundations of American Journalism)<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"95\" class=\"ninja_table_row_4 nt_row_id_95\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WRT235 (or JOR220): Digital Writing and Rhetoric (or Media Writing)<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"96\" class=\"ninja_table_row_5 nt_row_id_96\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gen Ed x5<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"97\" class=\"ninja_table_row_6 nt_row_id_97\">\n            <td><strong>Sophomore Year<\/strong><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC 201: Sports Audiences &amp; Fandom<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"98\" class=\"ninja_table_row_7 nt_row_id_98\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC 203: Sports, Media &amp; Culture<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"99\" class=\"ninja_table_row_8 nt_row_id_99\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC Elective<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"100\" class=\"ninja_table_row_9 nt_row_id_100\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gen Ed, Upper-Level Elective and\/or Minor x7<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"102\" class=\"ninja_table_row_10 nt_row_id_102\">\n            <td><strong>Junior Year<\/strong><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC Elective x2<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"103\" class=\"ninja_table_row_11 nt_row_id_103\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gen Ed, Upper-Level Elective (3XX - 4XX) and\/or Minor x8<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"106\" class=\"ninja_table_row_12 nt_row_id_106\">\n            <td><strong>Senior Year<\/strong><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC 400: Senior Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Sport<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"107\" class=\"ninja_table_row_13 nt_row_id_107\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SMC 495: Senior Capstone<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"108\" class=\"ninja_table_row_14 nt_row_id_108\">\n            <td><\/td><td>SMC Elective<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"109\" class=\"ninja_table_row_15 nt_row_id_109\">\n            <td><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper-Level Elective (3XX - 4XX) and\/or Minor x7<\/span><\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Sports Media and Communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davis Hall Rm 204<br>10 Lippitt Rd<br>Kingston, RI 02881<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molly Yanity<br>Director of Sports Media and Communication<br><a href=\"mailto:Molly.Yanity@uri.edu\">Molly.Yanity@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum The Bachelor\u2019s of Arts degree in Sports Media &amp; Communications requires the following:&nbsp; Learning Outcomes Upon completing the curriculum and earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Media and Communication from the University of Rhode Island, students will graduate with the following knowledge, skills and aptitudes: communicate ideas effectively in written, oral, and 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