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Academics > Sports Broadcasting Courses
Sports Broadcasting Core Requirements: Pending final university approval, Sports Broadcasting students will be required to take two core courses in the emphasis:
FTDM 21713: Introduction to Remote Sports Production. This course gives the student practical hands-on experience producing 'live' sporting events such as: football, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis and other sports. Students will be responsible for all aspects of the production from director to camera operator. FTDM 41113: Sports Broadcasting (On-Air Talent Course.) Overview and analysis of sports broadcasting. This course teaches the fundamentals of both on-air talent and behind-the- scenes production of both television and radio sports production.
Other Courses: Students may then choose from a range of other Sports Broadacasting courses. The following courses have already been approved for inclusion in the 2009-2010 catalog:
FTDM 20510 - FM Station Operations. Students serve in different sports staff capacities at KTCU-FM. FTDM 30723 - Producing the Live Sports Event. This course will prepare students as producers, associate producers, and production managers for sports production. Combining lecture and lab students will learn all of the necessary skills to be able to produce 'live' sporting event broadcasts. Students enrolled in this course will produce TCU sporting events. FTDM 30733 - Audio Production for Sports: Television and Radio. Audio techniques, theory, and application for sports broadcasting. The application of techniques for live sports television and radio. Includes microphone choice and placement, mixing techniques, IFB, and replay video monitor deployment. Labs include actual on-site broadcasts of sporting events (live to tape). This is not a play-by-play announcing course. FTDM 30510 - Advanced FM Station Operations/Management. Practicum in operations and management of FM radio stations. Students may be assigned to KTCU-FM in areas such as programming, operations, sports, and news. (maximum 6 semester hours; 3 hours maximum per semester.) FTDM 40713 - Global Sports Media. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to produce sports events internationally such as: The Olympics, World Cup Soccer, Skiing, Sailing, and Golf. This course will examine legal issues, rights fees, and problems associated with producing an event overseas. FTDM 40580 - Topics in Sports Media. Using a variety of theoretical and critical approaches, this course will examine coverage of sporting events in the broadcast media as well as depictions of athletes and athletic events in fiction film and television programming. (6 semester hours maximum; 3 hours per semester) |
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