General Education Requirements
Students must satisfy the university general education requirements.
As part of meeting the university's general education requirements, the following courses prerequisite courses must be completed:
| BUS AD 1000 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| COMM 1040 | Introduction to Public Speaking (MOTR COMM 110) | 3 |
| ECON 1001 | Principles of Microeconomics (MOTR ECON 102) | 3 |
| ENGL 1100 | First-Year Writing (MOTR ENGL 200) | 3 |
| MATH 1030 | College Algebra (MOTR MATH 130) | 3 |
| PSYCH 1003 | General Psychology (MOTR PSYC 100) | 3 |
There is no foreign language requirement for the degree.
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| MGMT 3600 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 3700 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
| PSYCH 3200 | Sports Psychology | 3 |
| SPMGT 1113 | Introduction to Sport Management and Administration | 3 |
| SPMGT 2200 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports | 3 |
| SPMGT 4113 | Educational and Community Athletics | 3 |
| SPMGT 4999 | Sport Management Internship | 6 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose five of the following courses: 1 | 15 | |
| Interpersonal Skills in Helping Relationships | ||
| Special Topics in Communication | ||
| Economics of Sports, Gaming, and Gambling | ||
| Advanced Management and Organizational Behavior | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Introduction to Digital Marketing Strategies | ||
| Sports Marketing | ||
| Personal Physical Fitness | ||
| Facilities Management | ||
| Sports Medicine | ||
| Sports Nutrition | ||
| Sports Media and Technology | ||
| Athletic Compliance | ||
| Sport Management Field Experience | ||
| Total Hours | 39 | |
| 1 | Students may take up to six hours from any area as pre-approved by advisor. |
| 2 | Students may take up to six hours of SPMGT 4990. |
Learning Outcomes
This program is planning for accreditation by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA). Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:
- Apply an interdisciplinary foundation of management, sports, and marketing theories to a variety of sports management settings.
- Develop a marketing toolbox that integrates theories with the fundamental aspects of sports, sports products, consumer and market research, sponsorship, promotion and media.
- Examine and explore the legal environments of amateur, collegiate, and professional sports programs with respect to state and federal legislation, liability, risk management, contracts, and collective bargaining.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage sports facilities to apply key concepts of planning, design, and evaluation of a sports program or sports-related event.
- Develop and refine leadership and communication skills necessary within a sports organization and team-oriented sports institutions.
- Recognize and evaluate ethical decision-making, balancing economic priorities and social responsibilities of sports organizations.
- Demonstrate socio-cultural commitment and responsibility in any given sports management environment.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ENGL 1100 | 3 | BUS AD 1000 | 3 |
| SPMGT 1113 | 3 | BIOL 1012 & BIOL 1013 | 4 |
| COMM 1040 | 3 | ECON 1001 | 3 |
| MATH 1030 | 3 | EXPLORE - Math and Life/Natural Sciences | 3 |
| EXPLORE- Math and Life/Natural Sciences | 3 | Elective | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| PSYCH 1003 | 3 | Program Elective | 3 |
| SPMGT 2200 | 3 | CORE - US History and Government | 3 |
| CORE - Information Literacy | 3 | EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 |
| EXPLORE - Math and Life/Natural Sciences | 3 | Elective or minor | 6 |
| EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | ||
| Elective or minor | 3 | ||
| 18 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| Program Elective | 3 | PSYCH 3200 | 3 |
| EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | MKTG 3700 | 3 |
| Elective or Minor | 9 | Program Elective | 3 |
| Elective or minor | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| MGMT 3600 | 3 | SPMGT 4113 | 3 |
| SPMGT 4999 | 3 | SPMGT 4999 | 3 |
| Program Elective | 6 | Elective or minor | 6 |
| Elective or minor | 3 | ||
| 15 | 12 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||