The major involves a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum that critically examines the sport business and culturet. Our commitment is to make positive changes in the way sport is managed.

The major involves two components: 1) core courses taken by all sport management majors; and 2) areas of concentrations (specializations) which provide opportunities for students to focus on a particular career interest.

The Specializations are; Sport Communication, Sport Enterprise, and Sport Marketing.

Sport Management Core Courses
• Introduction to Sport Management
* Introduction to Research in Sport Management
* History and Philosophy of Sport
•Sport and Event Promotion
•Sport and Event Management
•Sport and Public Assembly Facilities
•Legal Aspects of Sport and Recreation
• Managing Revenues & Expenditures in Sport Enterprise
•Practicum
•Internship

Sport Foundation Courses (sesect 2)
* Psychological Aspects of Exercise and Fitness
* Sport and Gender
* Sociology of Sport

Students who choose the sports communicationspecialization usually seek careers as sport journalists, sport information directors in intercollegiate athletic programs, athletic conference officers, or working in public/community relations with professional teams. Students who select the sport marketing specialization are preparing for careers such as account executives for professional teams, sales representatives for sporting goods companies, marketing directors for intercollegiate athletic programs, conference offices, governing bodies, or in professional sport.

Students who select the Sport Enterprise specialization are preparing for careers such as professional sport administrator, corporate administrator of sporting events, tournament director, college/university athletics director, business manager, fund raising administrator, or sport facility manager.