Sport Management

A course designed to provide students with an introduction to the U.S. legal system as presented and applied to contexts of relevant to the sport industry. Students will also be introduced to fundamental legal principles of significance to sport management. Students will analyze numerous cases and the legal concepts and analyses presented to gain a deeper understanding of legal issues in various coaching, governance, management, and sport participation scenarios.

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.

(Normally offered each fall semester.)

This course directs students to a better understanding of the theoretical backbone that makes sport marketing and communication such a unique subject to study. The ever-expanding field of sport management, sport marketing and communication provides a comprehensive treatment of public relations practice and marketing within sport. Rather than address public relations only as a means of supporting the marketing function or leveraging the media's interest in an event or organization, the student will recognize public relations as a function that is integral to many aspects of a sport organization's goals.

(Normally offered each fall semester.)

A course introducing students to the theoretical foundations in sport management and leadership. Students will not only be engaged in the historical concepts of sport management but also will address global perspectives, current research and development in the sport management and leadership field.

(Normally offered each semester.)

A comprehensive course in sport management focusing on specialization areas such as: theories and methods of administration of facilities including facility construction and facility operation. This course will include event management and legal ramifications involved in the operation of facilities.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

(Normally offered each spring semester.)

This course provides a comprehensive guide to the practical application of governance and human resource management principles to amateur and professional sport organizations operating at the community, state/provincial, national, and international levels. This course presents a balanced view between accepted practice and what contemporary research evidence tells us about a range of governance and human resource management principles and practices.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

(Normally offered each fall semester.)

This course is designed to draw on contemporary examples from marketing, sponsorship, facility construction, and sport law to illustrate the crucial role that money plays in any sport business.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

(Normally offered each spring semester.)

This course is designed as an engaging, in-depth, and inspiring study that will help students understand the value of sport and its limitations and equip them to make ethical choices about the role sports will play in their life and profession.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

(Normally offered each spring semester.)

A course designed to provide students with the basic principles and applications of management and leadership as they relate to the sport industry. Topics include functions of management, organizational behavior, management theories, management style, human resource management, and theories and styles of leadership as they pertain to the sport industry.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.

(Normally offered each fall semester.)

An in-depth look at the psychological and sociological factors relative to physical movement and competition. This course will examine the nature and scope of sport as an institutionalized game.

(Normally offered each spring semester.)