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Virginia Tech

JMC-2074: Introduction to Sports Media

Description: Development, concepts, and impact of sports media, including roles and responsibilities of journalists, production staff, and public relations professionals. Considerations of stakeholders behaviors and connections. Study of ethical standards and perspectives, communication in sports organizations, types of media, issues in context, and data analytics.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 13

Average GPA: 3.61 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 72.66%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.78%

William B Roth202472.7%18.0%5.7%1.6%1.2%0.8%3.6113

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W