Sport Management
The mission of the sport management program is to offer high-quality educational experiences to cultivate students' sport management, marketing, communication, and financial skills. These skills are developed in an environment that promotes sound decision making based on social, psychological and international foundations, recognized management principles, as well as the ethical and legal impact of such decisions. The skills developed provide students with the opportunity to analyze, synthesize, and communicate information in a dynamic global sport industry. The MA-Sport Management program is designed to provide students with opportunities to develop and demonstrate the expertise and research skills that are necessary to enable them to make independent professional contributions in sport management.
Admission Requirements
- General admission to graduate study (for criteria, refer to Admission to Graduate Study).
- A minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale from a regionally accredited college or university is required.
- Students who do not meet the above criteria may be conditionally admitted to the sport management program after the submission and review of all application materials. Conditions may include successfully completing selected undergraduate prerequisite courses. Conditions will be established on a case-by-case basis. All conditions established by the program must be met in order to move to unconditional admission status.
Program Competencies
- Students will develop effective communication processes.
- Students will appraise ethical issues faced.
- Students will value global issues within a sport business management.
- Students will effectively apply technologies in sport organizations.
- Students will be able to integrate functional knowledge in a strategic sport business environment.
Assessment
In-class feedback from students will be utilized to improve the curriculum and program.
The on-site supervisor evaluation that is completed on all sport management graduate interns will be a valuable tool in assessing areas for improvement each semester.
A culminating exam will be administered at the end of the student's program to provide feedback on areas for improvement within the program and to demonstrate student achievement of the program goals and student learning outcomes.
Requirements for the Degree
- Satisfy general graduate degree requirements.
- Fulfill stated program requirements.
- Pass a written comprehensive examination over program required curriculum (must have a cumulative 3.0 or higher GPA and no "I" (incomplete) grades to sit for the exam).
- Must have a cumulative exit GPA of 3.0 or above.
- Must be unconditionally admitted to the sport management graduate program.
Dismissal from the sport management program - Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students may not drop below a 3.0 GPA for more than one semester during the program. A student who falls below a 3.0 cumulative GPA for two semesters will be dismissed from the program. The graduate program coordinator, in coordination with the associate dean, will monitor student progress.
Program Requirements
Required:
| SPMT 600 | Research Methods in Sport Management | 3 |
| SPMT 605 | Planning and Designing Sport and Physical Activity Facilities | 3 |
| SPMT 612 | Sport Governance | 3 |
| SPMT 630 | Sport Marketing | 3 |
| SPMT 632 | Management and Administration of Sports Programs | 3 |
| SPMT 635 | Legal Issues in Sports and Physical Activity | 3 |
| SPMT 650 | Financing the Sport Enterprise | 3 |
| SPMT 655 | Leadership and Ethics in Sport and Physical Activity | 3 |
| SPMT 660 | Socio-Cultural Issues in Sport | 3 |
| SPMT 661 | Sport Relations | 3 |
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| SPMT 671 | Sport Management Internship | 3 |
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| SPMT 672 | Research Project | 3 |
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| MNGT 665 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
Preapproved Graduate Business Electives
Total Credit Hours: 36