Sport Management

This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the principles of law that regulate both the amateur and professional sports industries. In addition, students will become familiar with legal principles relating to contracts and property. The course materials will be taken primarily from sport and will concentrate on the many legal issues that regulate this unique industry. Special emphasis will be placed on the risks of litigation.

This course is intended to provide an in depth study of sport in society. The course includes gender equity, deviance and aggression, race and culture, economics and social class, and the role of the media.

This 3-credit class is designed to educate, prepare and certify individuals to coach at all levels. Students will obtain an (ASEP) American Sports Education Program Certification upon completing the instruction and passing the test. A CPR and First Aid certificate will also be issued after completing the specific testing required. Principles and Quality of Coaching will cover all aspects of coaching including: Developing a coaching philosophy, effective communication among coaches, players, parents, officials, media and the community. How to conduct tryouts, motivating players, building a program, how to deal with college coaches recruiting players, practice plans, game preparation, etc.

This course examines financial considerations relative to Sport Management, including: budgeting, fundraising, marketing and the economic impact of sport events. Although the focus of the course is on the two most visible segments of the sport industry – intercollegiate and professional athletics, sufficient attention is given to methods and strategies that may be applied across the discipline.

This course is an examination of the integration of management theory with sport governance and policy development practice. The course provides an overview of the sport industry that will provide students with an understanding of the authority, organizational structures, and function of the major governing bodies in the various segments of professional and amateur sport organizations at the local, national, and global levels. The study of policy development in educational, non-profit, professional, and international sport organizations in relation to governance issues will also be addressed.

The focus is on how people behave in sport and exercise settings: motivation, anger, fear, and how such emotions affect performance; how emotions can be moderated and how behaviors can be made more effective are covered.

This course is designed to provide sports management students with practical work experience in a sports management environment.

This course is designed to provide sport management students with practical work experience in a sport business setting. This college-supervised internship builds upon the SM 496 internship experience to provide the student with additional exposure to the sport industry. A journal and written assignments are required components of the internship experience.

This course provides sports management students the opportunity to research and develop special projects within the realm of sports management. Open to Junior and Senior students only.