The Sport Management Program prepares students for professional careers in the sport management field.  Students will be prepared to work for professional sport teams, collegiate level athletic programs, community sport programs, as well as privately owned businesses affiliated with athletics.

General education requirements for this major consist of coursework in liberal arts.  This provides students with an extensive knowledge base in order to prepare them for their professional coursework.  The professional sequence provides knowledge and skills needed in sport and business.  Students will be able to take all required business classes under the assumption that declaring Sport Management as a major meets all enrollment requirements.  Students who have declared Sport Management as their major will not have to apply to the JCBE Profressional Program to enroll in required upper-level business courses, but they must have fulfilled any other pre-requisites for those courses.  Students will have multiple opportunities to gain field experience before their semester-long internship in a sport management field.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
General Education
I. Communication
ENGL U101	Composition I 2	3
ENGL U102	Composition II 2	3
SPCH U201	Foundations in Oral Communication 2	3
II. Mathematics & Logic
MATH U121	College Algebra 2	3
MATH U102	Elementary Statistics 2	3
III. Information Technology
CSCI U138	Introduction to Computer Technology 2	3
or CSCI U150	Introduction to Computer Science
or DGST U101	Intro to Digital Studies
or INFO U101	Survey of Information Technology
or MUSC U162	Intro to Music Technology
IV. Natural Sciences
ASTR U111 & U111L	Descriptive Astronomy and Descriptive Astronomy Laboratory	4
or BIOL U101 and BIOL U101L, BIOL U110 and BIOL U110L, BIOL U220 and BIOL U220L, CHEM U109 and CHEM U109L, GEOL U101 and GEOL U101L
V. Arts and Humanities
Select one of the following:
AFAM U204	African American Culture 2	3
ARTH U101	Introduction to Art 2	3
ARTH U105	History of Western Art: Prehistory - Middle Ages 2	3
ARTH U106	History of Western Art: Renaissance - Modern 2	3
MUSC U110	Introduction to Music 2	3
MUSC U140	History of American Popular Music 2	3
THEA U161	Introduction to Theatre Art 2	3
THEA U170	Fundamentals in Acting 2	3
Select one of the following:
No more than 3 hrs. selected from the same discipline
AMST U101	American Studies, 17th - 19th Century 2	3
AMST U102	American Studies, 20th Century 2	3
ARTH U101	Introduction to Art 2	3
ARTH U105	History of Western Art: Prehistory - Middle Ages 2	3
ARTH U106	History of Western Art: Renaissance - Modern 2	3
ENGL U252	Understanding English Grammar	3
MUSC U110	Introduction to Music 2	3
MUSC U140	History of American Popular Music 2	3
PHIL U102	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHIL U211	Contemporary Moral Issues	3
RELG U103	Comparative Religion 2	3
THEA U161	Introduction to Theatre Art 2	3
THEA U170	Fundamentals in Acting	3
SOST U201	Introduction to Southern Studies	3
VI. Foreign Language/Culture
Select one of the following:
ASLG U101	American Sign Language I	4
FREN U101	Introductory French I 2	3
GERM U101	Introductory German I 2	3
SPAN U101	2	3
Students placing in a 102 or higher-level language satisfy this requirement but will be responsible for 3 additional general education elective courses.
VII. History
Select one of the following:
HIST U105	History of the United States to 1877 2	3
HIST U106	History of the United States from 1865 2	3
VIII. Social and Behavioral Science
ECON U222	Principles of Microeconomics 2	3
PSYC U101	Introduction to Psychology 2	3
SOCY U101	Introduction to Sociology 2	3
Major Course Requirements 1
MGMT U371	Principles of Organizational Management 2	3
MGMT U380	Financial Concepts and Applications for New Ventures 2	3
MKTG U350	Principles of Marketing 2	3
EDPH U318	Sports Ethics 2	3
SPRT U200	Introduction to Sport Management 2	3
SPRT U220	Legal Issues in Sport 2	3
SPRT U320	Event and Facility Management 2	3
SPRT U325	Field Experience 2	3
SPRT U405	Communication and Leadership in Sport 2	3
SPRT U480	Sport Management Internship 2	6
Major Support Courses 1
PSYC U309	Psychology of Personality 2	3
MGMT U374	Management of Human Resources 2	3
JOUR U328	Fundamentals of Public Relations 2	3
MKTG U357	Sport Marketing and Sponsorship 2	3
FINA U368	Revenue Generation and Finance in Sport Business 2	3
Major Electives 1
Students need to pick 30 credits from the following choices.
EDPH U320	Team Sports I	3
EDPH U325	Principles of Coaching 2	3
EDPH U415	Individual Sports	3
EXSC U355	Lifestyle-Related Diseases 2	3
MGMT U377	Advanced Organizational Behavior 2	3
FINA U363	Business Finance 2	3
JOUR U201	Survey of Mass Communication 2	3
JOUR U304	Writing for the Media 2	3
JOUR U305	Mass Communication Theory 2	3
JOUR U310	Media and Society 2	3
JOUR U335	Video Editing 2	3
JOUR U351	Social Media Strategy 2	3
MKTG U351	Consumer Behavior 2	3
MKTG U459	Personal Selling and Sales Management 2	3
EDHL U221	Lifelong Health & Wellness 2	3
PSYC U300	Topics in Psychology 2	3
PSYC U307	Social Psychology 2	3
PSYC U311	Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2	3
PSYC U312	Health Psychology 2	3
SOCY U347	Sociology of Organizations and Work 2	3
Total Hours		121

¹

Students must earn a C or better in their major course requirements, major support courses, and major electives. 

²

Indicates a section of the course that is offered online.