News and Sports Communication B.A. at Robert Morris University Illinois

Create content across different media platforms, practice your professional skills, and critically analyze the role of news and sports in our culture and society.

The B.A. in News and Sports Communication prepares you for an exciting career in news or sports media. Courses blend current media practices in writing, reporting, and media technologies. You study the leadership skills needed to work and lead in diverse newsrooms and other media environments in local and global contexts and graduate with a professional portfolio that showcases examples of your professionally focused work.

• Multidisciplinary Focus: Complement your news and sports expertise with elective courses in other disciplines, including organizational leadership, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Students complete either a minor or a double major in addition to the B.A. in News and Sports Communication.
• Hands-on Experience: You are the anchor, the reporter, the producer, the editor ,as well as the performer of many other media roles supplementing your classroom work. You make the same content and production decisions professionals make every single day through various hands-on opportunities at the Academic Media Center, RMU Sentry Media, RMU Radio, RMU-TV and the Colonial Sports Network. To further enhance your professional experiences, we strongly encourage you to complete at least one off-campus internship as part of your coursework.
• Faculty Professionals: You study with professors who have worked in newsrooms for many years, those who analyze the field of news and sports communication, and those who remain active in the profession. They provide you with a professional and critical understanding of today’s media, preparing you with their mentorship for your successful entrance and career.
• High Job Placement Rate: You can find our graduates across the country working as media professionals at local television stations, with professional sports organizations, and in other media fields.