Sports Management
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS – DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with major in Sports Management
The General Education Requirement
All students must satisfy a general education requirement consisting of eleven (11) courses outside of the major department. The General Education Domain III-C (Global Competency, Ethical Reasoning, and/or Human Diversity) requirement is satisfied through the completion of major in Management.
Course Prerequisites
Courses may have specified conditions for enrollment, such as prior completion of less advanced courses, permission of the instructor, or appropriate placement test scores. Students should refer to course descriptions in the department listings for prerequisite requirements.
Related Minors
Students are encouraged but not required to select a minor in another discipline that may enhance the students’ preparation for their individual employment or graduate school goals. Students should discuss these possibilities with their academic advisors.
Requirements for the Major in Sports Management (U_SM)
Major Required Core courses (12):
- ACCT 220 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACCT 221 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUAN 204 Analytical Techniques for Business
- BUIS 200 Introduction to Business Systems
- ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics
- FINA 248 Managerial Finance
- MGMT 215 Legal Environment of Business
- MGMT 280 Organizational Behavior
- MGMT 372 Operations Management
- MRKT 181 Marketing Principles
- STAT 107 Business Statistics
Required Capstone Course:
Concentration in Sports Management - General (USMG) (7)
Three (3) Required courses:
- ECON 323 Economics of Sport
- HLTH 321 Mental Dynamics in Sport and Physical Activity or
- SOCI 220 Sport and Society
- SPMG 262 The Business of Fantasy and eSports
- SPMG 301 Sport Management
- SPMG 321 Sport and Facilities Management
- SPMK 324 Sport Marketing
Effective as of the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog