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Global Sports Media

Dates: 9–21 February 2026 (approx.)
Application Deadline: 3 October 2025
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Students will produce multimedia content leading up to and during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy. The multimedia stories will include videos, digital content, and social stories. They will focus on athletes with a connection to BYU or to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Additionally, the stories students produce will be published in The Daily Universe and other distribution partners. During the fall 2025 term, we will meet for class for several weeks, producing preview stories on Olympic athletes for our distribution partners and planning our trip to Italy. Between 9 and 21 February, we will travel to Italy for 10–12 days to cover athletes competing in the Games. Students will be expected to produce stories in a timely manner. The content students produce should be added to their professional portfolios.

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Miles Romney
304 BRMB
(801) 422-0868
miles_romney@byu.edu

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Courses

Students will enroll in the following course while on this program:

COMMS 491R—Student Media Labs (3 credit hours)

Students may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.
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Cost

$3,500–4,000

Includes airfare to and from program, housing, admissions, some transportation, and international health insurance coverage.

Does not include tuition, some local transportation, meals, or personal expenses.
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Funding Sources

Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs.

Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship.

Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants.

Accepted students may qualify for program support from the School of Communications.

Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
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Preparation

Students are required to be admitted to the School of Communications as a major prior to the winter 2026 semester.

Accepted students are required to participate in an international preparation course (IAS 201R, 1 credit hour). This course will be taught during the second block of fall semester 2025. Part-time BYU students and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional tuition fee.

Due to the limited amount of time spent in Italy, students should not schedule late arrivals or early departures from the program. Students are committed to the pre-departure and the reentry portion of the class.

Students must meet all country- and program-specific COVID and health requirements for travel.

International study programs are physically, emotionally, and mentally taxing and you must be in good health to participate. These programs often take place in international locations that do not have the same level of safety and services in terms of transportation, living conditions, residential accommodations, food, public behavior, and policing that you may be used to on campus. If you have further questions or concerns on this, please see our travel policy.
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Housing

Students and faculty directors will live in hotels.
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Travel

The program director will make all travel reservations with BYU Travel.

BYU Travel
280 HRCB
(801) 422-6293
travel@byu.edu
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Application Process

Students must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Complete the online application here. A nonrefundable $35 application fee is required; applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.

Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program. The first payment is due upon acceptance; please refer to the Payment Information page.

Application Deadline: 3 October 2025
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Program Adjustments

International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost.

If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU Financial account.

ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.
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Faculty

Professors Miles Romney and Kris Boyle of the School of Communications are the faculty directors who will accompany the program. 

Miles Romney
304 BRMB
(801) 422-0868
miles_romney@byu.edu

Kris Boyle
360B BRMB
(801) 422-3272
kris_boyle@byu.edu
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Contact Us

International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
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ISP Student Handbook

To see the student handbook, click here.
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Payment Schedule

To see the payment schedule, click here.