The Major

Last updated: Spring 2022

Students majoring in Sport Management are assigned to the General Curriculum Track for advising purposes. The election of a curriculum with an internship is possible once the following requirements have been satisfied:

1. Seventy-two or more University graduation credits.
2. Twelve or more Department credits (inclusive of SPORTMGT 210).
3. A 3.0 grade point average in Department courses.
4. Three or more of ECON 103, MATH 121, ACCOUNTNG 221, and CMPSCI 105.
5. Completed and signed “Selection of an Internship Track” form.

Requirements

Courses Outside of the Department (30 cr)

• ACCOUNTNG 221 Introduction to Accounting I
• ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics or RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics
• ECON 104 Macroeconomics
• FINOPMGT 301 Corporation Finance
• MATH 121 Linear Methods and Probability for Business or MATH 127 Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences I or MATH 131 Calculus I
• MANAGMNT 301 Principles of Management
• MANAGMNT 260 Introduction to Law (must have sophomore status)
• MARKETNG 301 Fundamentals of Marketing
• One of the following:
  • CMPSCI 105 Computer Literacy or
  • SCH-MGMT 210 Introduction to Business Information Systems
• One of the following:
  • OIM 240 Business Data Analysis or
  • RES-ECON 211 Introductory Statistics for the Life Sciences or
  • RES-ECON 212 Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences or
  • STATISTC 240 Introduction to Statistics

Required Sport Management Courses (24 cr)

• 200 Sociology of Sport or 202 History of Sport
• 210 Introduction to Sport Management
• 321 Sport Marketing
• 335 Introduction to Sport Law (MANAGMNT 260 prerequisite)
• SCH-MGMT 310 Junior Year Writing
• 395C Sport Leadership
• 424 Sport Business and Finance
• 480 or 494PI Sport Management Policy

For the General Track: (30 cr)

• Three electives at any level

For the Internship Track: (36 cr)

• Internship (12 credits)
• One elective at any level

Restrictions

Courses used to satisfy major requirements may not be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Students may not use Independent Study courses in place of required SPORTMGT electives.