Sport Management

Degree Awarded:  Bachelor of Science

The phenomenal growth and development of the sport industry world-wide has created opportunities for young business professionals in a wide variety of sport organizations.
The major in sport management is designed to address the unique elements of sports in the business landscape while providing students with an exceptional foundation in general business skills that will serve them throughout their professional lives. Building on a set of core business courses, the major covers all aspects of sport management – including sport marketing and communications, facility and operations management, international sport administration , events and promotion, legal issues and the psychology and sociology of sport. The sport management internship enables students to integrate and apply their learning while opening the door to potential career opportunities in the sport industry. The major also offers excellent preparation for further study at the graduate or professional school level. The sport management major prepares students for exciting careers in athletic and recreation administration, the fitness and wellness industry, college and professional sports, the management of commercial and non-profit sport facilities, event planning and promotion and retail marketing.

The sport management major is designed to give students exposure to many facets of the growing sport management field. The program builds on a foundation of business courses with application-specific courses in the sports industry. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the internship program in order to obtain actual work experience in the sport management field prior to graduation.

Requirements for this Major:

68 semester credits including:

• AC 101 Accounting Principles I (4 SH)
• AC 102 Accounting Principles II (4 SH)
• EC 200 Principles of Economics (4 SH)
• MN 200 Introduction to Management (4 SH)
• MN 215 Business Statistics (4 SH)
• MN 216 Applied Decision Models (4 SH)
• MN 323 Organizational Behavior (4 SH)
• FN 320 Corporation Finance (4 SH)
• SA 101 Introduction to Sport Management (4 SH)
• SA 205 Sports Facility Planning, Operations and Management (4 SH)
• SA 328 International Sport Administration (4 SH)
• SA 250/350 Internship in Sport Management (1-5 SH)
• BA 400 Senior Seminar (4 SH)

Note: There may be specific credit hour requirements for Internships. Students should review requirements with their academic advisor.

And four semester credits from the following:

• SA 203 Sport Marketing and Communications (4 SH)
• MK 203 Marketing Principles (4 SH)

And four semester credits from the following:

• SA 315 Legal Issues in Sports (4 SH)
• LG 315 Business Law I (4 SH)

And four semester credits from the following:

• CM 204 Sports Communication (4 SH)
• SA 204 Sports Communication (4 SH)
• SA 220 Sport Sociology (4 SH)
• SA 221 Sport Psychology (4 SH)
• SO 220 Sport Sociology (4 SH)
• PS 221 Sport Psychology (4 SH)

And four semester credits from the following:

• SA 311 Sports Events, Promotion and Sales Management (4 SH)
• SA 320 Leadership in Sports (4 SH)
• SA 321 Sports in Education (4 SH)