Sport Management, Minor

Overview

The minor in Sport Management is an interdisciplinary program that studies various aspects of administering a sports organization or program, including: legal issues, sociological concerns, and a variety of management functions. Students contemplating graduate school in Sport Management or a career in athletic management would be well suited for this program.

Requirements for the minor

The requirement for the minor in Sports Management is the completion of 24 credit hours as follows (15 of which must be upper division):

I. Required Courses:

MGMT - 2301 Management of Organizations Credits: 3
SPMT - 1312 Sport in Society Credits: 3
SPMT - 3308 Sport Management Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3309 Legal Issues in Sport Credits: 3

II. Community Service Experience:

Community Service combines volunteerism with pre-experience education and post experience reflection. An essential element of sport management is understanding the important role sport plays in society. As such, minors must complete a total of 50 community service hours. In order to successfully complete the requirement, students are expected to complete an average of 12.5 community service hours over four semesters.

SPMT - 3000 Community Service Experience Credits: 0 *

III. Six Hours in Elective Sport Management Courses (to Include No More than Three Hours In

COMM - 3457 Sport Media Credits: 4 (also listed as SPMT 3457 ) *
PHED - 1165 Intramural Programming Credits: 1 (also listed as SPMT 1165 )
SPMT - 1165 Intramural Programming Credits: 1 (also listed as PHED 1165 )
SPMT - 1306 Sport Officiating Credits: 3
SPMT - 1314 Athletic Facility and Event Management Credits: 3
SPMT - 2301 Introduction to Sport Philanthropy Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3108 Introduction to Sport Sales Credits: 1 *
SPMT - 3314 History of Sport in the United States Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3316 Leadership for Sport Professionals Credits: 3
SPMT - 3457 Sport Media Credits: 4 (also listed as COMM 3457 ) *
SPMT - 3319 Sport and Sponsorship Marketing Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3320 Strategic Management in the Sport Industry Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3321 Tom Brown’s School Days: Sport in England Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3190 Directed Study in Sport Management Credits: 1 *
SPMT - 3290 Directed Study in Sport Management Credits: 2 *
SPMT - 3390 Directed Study in Sport Management Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3690 Directed Study in Sport Management Credits: 6 *
SPMT - 3099 Sport Management Internship Credits: 0 *
SPMT - 3199 Sport Management Internship Credits: 1 *
SPMT - 3299 Sport Management Internship Credits: 2 *
SPMT - 3399 Sport Management Internship Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 3499 Sport Management Internship Credits: 4 *
SPMT - 3599 Sport Management Internship Credits: 5 *
SPMT - 3699 Sport Management Internship Credits: 6 *
SPMT - 4301 Organizational Theory in Sport Management Credits: 3 *
SPMT - 4302 Seminar in Contemporary American Sport Credits: 3 *

IV. Six Elective Hours from the Following Courses:

Communication and Marketing

COMM - 3460 Principles of Public Relations Credits: 4 *
COMM - 3461 Principles of Advertising Credits: 4 *
COMM - 3364 Ethics and the Mass Media Credits: 3 *
HCOM - 1433 Public Speaking Credits: 4
HCOM - 3360 Communicating in Small Groups & Teams Credits: 3
HCOM - 3362 Organizational Communication Credits: 3 OR
BUSN - 3311 Organizational Communication Credits: 3
MKTG - 3381 Consumer Behavior Credits: 3 *
MKTG - 3382 Integrated Marketing Communications Credits: 3
PHIL - 2450 Philosophy of Games and Sports Credits: 4

Business and Economics

BAT - 3302 Data Science Credits: 3
BAT - 3303 Business Analytics Credits: 3
BUSN - 3314 Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility: A Global Concern Credits: 3
ECON - 3427 Sports Economics Credits: 4
ECON - 3429 Labor Economics and Labor Relations Credits: 4 OR
MGMT - 3411 Labor Economics and Labor Relations*
FNCE - 3301 Corporate Finance Credits: 3
MGMT - 3361 International Management Credits: 3
MGMT - 3371 Human Resource Management *

Note:

* This course has at least one prerequisite. See the course description for details.

Admission to Major

Requirements

Students interested in the minor should contact the Director of the Sport Management minor.

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