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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides prospective sports business professionals with the insight necessary to analyze, utilize, and create technologies and innovations in sports business. This course delves into the dynamic relationship between sports and technology to provide a comprehensive understanding of how technological advancements are shaping the future of sports management. Students will gain practical insights into the application of technology across various facets of the sports industry through analyzing real-world examples. Prerequisite:    SPRT201
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to present an analysis of financial concepts and theories and their application in the professional, intercollegiate, recreational, and commercial sport industries. Topics include revenues and expenses of professional, intercollegiate, and private sport industries, issues affecting these revenues and expenses, fundraising at the intercollegiate level, ownership in sport, and public and private funding for non-profit sport programs. Prerequisites: SMGT 201, ECON 112, and MGT 200. Prerequisite:    SPRT201 OR SMGT201 AND MGMT211 OR MGT211
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to build on the basic understanding of mainstream marketing concepts and apply such concepts in the sport setting. Doing so entails both comparison and contrast of mainstream marketing practices with sport marketing practices. Lectures and readings will examine the application of marketing principles to collegiate and professional sport, special events, international sport, broadcasting, and facility management. Sport marketing cases will require students to critically analyze business situations and recommend and support business decisions. Prerequisites: SMGT 201, ECON 112, MGT 200. Prerequisite:    SPRT201 OR SMGT201 AND MGMT204 OR MGT204
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an overview of the use of research in understanding practical issues related to sport management. Students will discuss and research selected problems and topics in the contemporary sport industry through research projects. The primary goals are to provide students with the knowledge to critically evaluate research and apply basic research skills to solve problems in the sport industry. Prerequisite:    SPRT201 OR SMGT201 AND SPRT302 OR SMGT302 AND SPRT304 OR SMGT304
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to enable the student to demonstrate ability to utilize accepted practices of administering sport management principles as well as organization of intramural, club, and interscholastic sport. It includes in-depth analysis of administrative concepts as they relate to practice. Prerequisite:    SPRT201 OR SMGT201
  • 3.00 Credits

    The principles and applications of facility design, maintenance and event management as they apply to indoor and outdoor sport facilities will be analyzed. Students will critique existing sport facilities and complete related assignments. Prerequisite:    SPRT201 OR SMGT201 AND SPRT445 OR SMGT445
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course deals with independent research and study under the direction of a faculty member and is designed to deepen the students interest in a particular area of an academic field. The directing faculty member will be available exclusively to the student for a minimum of five hours per credit. Approval for enrollment must be obtained from the faculty member and from the Department chair. Approval and granting of credit must be in accordance with procedures and standards established by the departmental faculty. The student must present a study prospectus prior to approval. Prerequisites: SMGT 100, 15 credits in SMGT. Prerequisite:    SPRT100
  • 12.00 Credits

    The sport management internship will provide the student an opportunity to learn while applying their skills working with people in high school, college, private or professional settings. All sport management internship sites must be approved by the department faculty. Each application for an internship must be approved by the faculty member in charge of the experience, the director/supervisor of the site where the internship will be done, and the department chair. Application deadlines are October 15 for spring semester internships and March 15 for fall and summer internships. Prerequisites: Faculty recommendations on qualities essential for success in the assigned environment. Successful completion of 90 semester hours of credit. No incomplete grades in any required courses. A minimum average of 2.5 overall in the major.
  • 12.00 Credits

    This course is designed to offer students full-time professional work experience in a sport organization. This 12-credits paid on-the-job learning opportunity requires students to apply sport management theories and principles to practical settings. Upon Co-Op application and approval by the Department of Sport Management, students must successfully complete a final portfolio presentation and exit interview with a supervising faculty member.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide an overview of the theories and strategies necessary to become a successful coach. The welfare of the athlete will be the primary focus. Sport areas covered will be philosophy, pedagogy, physiology, medicine, and management. Prerequisite: 96 credits.
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