Strategic Communication: Sport Communication, BA
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2025-2026. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
Code | Title | Hours |
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General Education Requirements | ||
English Composition | ||
See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
ENGL 1213 | Composition II | 3 |
or ENGL 1413 | Critical Analysis and Writing II | |
or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
American History & Government | ||
HIST 1103 | Survey of American History | 3 |
or HIST 1483 | American History to 1865 (H) | |
or HIST 1493 | American History Since 1865 (DH) | |
POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | ||
STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (Q) | 3 |
or STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (Q) | |
or STAT 2053 | Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (Q) | |
Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H) | ||
Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | ||
Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course | ||
Courses designated (N) | 6 | |
Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | ||
SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | 3 |
Courses Designated (S) | 3 | |
Diversity (D) | ||
MC 1143 | Media in a Diverse Society (DS) | 3 |
Global Cultural Competency (G) | ||
Courses designated (G) | 3 | |
Additional General Education | ||
Additional general education credit hours (at least 1 hour) are required to meet the total 40-hour minimum. If courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple minimum general education designation hours above, more than 1 hour of additional general education will be required here to meet the 40-hour minimum. | ||
Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F). | 1 | |
Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
College/Departmental Requirements | ||
UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
Arts & Humanities | ||
See note 2.a. | 9 | |
Natural & Mathematical Sciences | ||
See note 2.b. | 3 | |
Foreign Language | ||
See note 3.a. | 9 | |
Upper-Division General Education | ||
Select 6 hours outside major department. See note 2.c. | ||
Hours Subtotal | 22 | |
Major Requirements | ||
Minimum 2.50 GPA. Minimum grade of "C" in all MC-MMJ-SC-SPM prefix courses. | ||
Lower-division Professional Sequence | ||
2.75 GPA, 24 earned credit hours and declared Strategic Communication major required to take the following classes: | ||
MC 2003 | Mass Media Style and Structure | 3 |
MC 2023 | Digital Media Essentials | 3 |
or SC 2083 | Digital Communication for Strategic Communication | |
SC 2183 | Introduction to Strategic Communications | 3 |
Upper-division Professional Sequence | ||
Proficiency Review required to take courses below: | ||
SC 3353 | Persuasive Writing for Strategic Communicators | 3 |
SC 3753 | Graphic Design for Strategic Communication | 3 |
SC 3953 | Research Methods for Strategic Communicators | 3 |
SC 4493 | Strategic Writing for Content Creation | 3 |
SC 4843 | Strategic Communication Campaigns | 3 |
or SC 4980 | Advertising Competitions | |
MC 4143 | Ethics and Issues in Mass Communications | 3 |
MC 4163 | Mass Communication Law | 3 |
Sport Communication | ||
SPM 3843 | Contemporary Sports Issues | 3 |
SC 3783 | Strategic Sport Communication | 3 |
SPM 4833 | Sports Information | 3 |
Select 6 hours from: | 6 | |
Topics in Global Communication | ||
Strategic Communications Management and Strategies | ||
Social Media Playbook | ||
Event Planning and Communication | ||
Nonprofit Communications | ||
Strategic Communications Internship | ||
Creative Strategies | ||
Social Media Analytics | ||
Media and Markets | ||
Media Study Abroad (G) | ||
Study Abroad: Strategic Messaging | ||
Creative Video for Digital Strategy | ||
Integrated Marketing Communication | ||
Influencers, Promotions and Placements | ||
Communication Competitions | ||
Select 6 additional hours of MC, MMJ, SC or SPM | 6 | |
Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
Cultural History of American Sports (DH) | ||
The Economics of Sport | ||
Sport, Place and Society (S) | ||
Sports Management | ||
Social Issues in Sports Management | ||
International Sports Management (G) | ||
Sports Marketing | ||
Race, Politics and Sports (D) | ||
Sociology of Sport (S) | ||
Hours Subtotal | 54 | |
Electives | ||
Select 4 hours - One hour may need to be upper-division. | 4 | |
May need to include 6 hours upper-division general education or College of Arts and Sciences courses outside major department. See note 2.c. | ||
MATH 1483 or MATH 1513 required for students who do not place directly in STAT. | ||
Hours Subtotal | 4 | |
Total Hours | 120 |
Strategic Communications Requirements
- Passing the proficiency review is required for upper-division major requirements. This includes a 2.75 graduation retention GPA, and at least 12 OSU hours earned, and a 2.75 OSU GPA, and a passing score on the Language Proficiency Exam.
- A minimum of 72 hours must be taken outside of MC-MMJ-SC-SPM.No more than 12 hours in MC-MMJ-SC-SPM can be transferred from other institutions.
- Students are required to develop and maintain a portfolio exhibiting specific and appropriate work including required class assignments.
Other Requirements
- See the College of Arts and Sciences Requirements.
- Minimum 2.50 GPA in all MC-MMJ-SC-SPM prefix courses.
- Upper-Division Credit: Total hours must include at least 40 hours in courses numbered 3000 or above.
College of Arts and Sciences Requirements
- Hours in One Department: For B.A. and B.S. degrees, no more than 54 hours in one department may be required to meet degree requirements. Courses used to satisfy the General Education English Composition, U.S. History, American Government, and Mathematics or Statistics requirements will not count toward the 54-hour maximum required from one department.
- A&S College/Departmental Requirements
- Arts and Humanities are defined as any course carrying an (H) designation or courses from AMST, ART, DANC, ENGL (except ENGL 3323 Technical Writing) HIST, MUSI, PHIL (except PHIL 1313 Logic and Critical Thinking (Q), PHIL 3003 Symbolic Logic (Q) and PHIL 4003 Mathematical Logic and Computability), REL, TH, and foreign languages.
- Natural and Mathematical Sciences are defined as any course from the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, CS (except CS 4883 Social Issues in Computing), GEOL, MATH, MICR, PBIO, PHYS, and STAT; or courses from other departments that carry an (A) or (N) general education designation.
- Six upper-division hours are required from General Education or any CAS courses outside the student’s major department. This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
- Non-Western Studies Requirement for B.A. and B.F.A.; One course in Non-Western Studies (N.W.). This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student's degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
- The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major requirements and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major-prefix courses applied to the degree.
- Foreign Language Proficiency
- The foreign language requirement for the B.A. may be satisfied by 9 hours college credit in the same language, which must include 3 hours at the 2000-level, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFL exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. Currently Arabic and Mvskoke are not offered at the 2000-level at OSU.
- The foreign language requirement for the B.S., B.M. and B.F.A. may be satisfied by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language (passing grades at second-year level of study). It may also be satisfied by 6 hours college credit in the same language, which must include language courses 1713 and 1813, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFL exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
- In addition to a. and b., students pursuing teacher certification must meet novice-high foreign language proficiency by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language with no grade below B. Or, students may complete 3 hours college credit in a single language with no grade below C (or pass an advanced standing examination, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, or Oral Proficiency Interview developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, equivalent to 3 hours of college credit.) Or, students may meet the requirement by transfer of documentation of meeting the foreign language competency from one of the teacher education programs in the State of Oklahoma approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
- Exclusions. Courses with ATHL or LEIS prefixes and leisure activity courses may not be used for degree credit.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 and 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.
Finish in Four Plan of Study
The plan below is an example of how students can successfully complete degree requirements in four years. This suggested class schedule plan may be used as a guide and can be adjusted based on individual needs. Students are required to meet with an academic advisor prior to enrollment each semester to plan their class schedule, and students are ultimately responsible for completing all degree requirements.
Freshman | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
STAT 2013 is required for this degree. Students who do not place directly into statistics should discuss alternate math-prefixed courses with their advisor in order to qualify to take STAT 2013 next. | ||
General Education courses | 11 | |
Hours | 14 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 1213 | Composition II | 3 |
STAT 2013 |
Elementary Statistics (Q) or Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (Q) or Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (Q) |
3 |
General Education courses | 10 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Sophomore | ||
Fall | ||
SC 2183 | Introduction to Strategic Communications | 3 |
MC 2003 or MC 2023 |
Mass Media Style and Structure or Digital Media Essentials |
3 |
1713 First Semester Foreign Language | 3 | |
General Education courses | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
MC 2023 or MC 2003 |
Digital Media Essentials or Mass Media Style and Structure |
3 |
1813 Second Semester Foreign Language | 3 | |
College and Elective courses | 9 | |
Note: SC 2183, MC 2003, and MC 2023 can be taken as late as junior fall. | ||
Hours | 15 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
SC 3353 | Persuasive Writing for Strategic Communicators | 3 |
SC 3753 | Graphic Design for Strategic Communication | 3 |
Upper-division SC or Media class from degree requirement list | 3 | |
2000-level/Third Semester Foreign Language | 3 | |
Major, College, and Elective courses | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
SC 3783 | Strategic Sport Communication (Spring only) | 3 |
SPM 3843 | Contemporary Sports Issues (Spring only JR or SR year) | 3 |
SC 4493 | Strategic Writing for Content Creation | 3 |
MC 4143 | Ethics and Issues in Mass Communications | 3 |
Major, College, and Elective courses | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
SC 3953 | Research Methods for Strategic Communicators (Must pass STAT first) | 3 |
SPM 4833 | Sports Information (Fall only) | 3 |
MC 4163 | Mass Communication Law | 3 |
Major, College, and Elective courses | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
SC 4843 or SC 4980 |
Strategic Communication Campaigns or Advertising Competitions |
3 |
Upper-division SC or Media class from degree requirement list | 3 | |
Upper-division sports-related class from degree requirement list | 3 | |
Major, College, and Elective courses | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Total Hours | 120 |