Sport Business

This course introduces the student to the power and politics of sport organizations.  The student will learn the basis of managerial activities necessary for governance and policy development in national and international sport organizations, as well as the structure and functions of the various organizations that manage sports around the world.

This course provides students with a part-time, 150+ hour experiential opportunity with an approved local sport-related organization. Students show evidence of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies by working through a departmental advisor and an on-site agency mentor. The practicum is a field experience that allows a student to observe and document how working professionals perform their job responsibilities. The practicum can be taken for 3 or a maximum of 6 credits. 

This course provides students with a full-time, 400+ hour experiential opportunity with an approved sport-related organization. Students show evidence of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies by working through a departmental advisor and an on-site agency mentor. The internship is a field experience that allows the student to be a working full-time member of a sport organization by doing and performing any assigned duties of a typical employee at the organization. The internship can be taken for 6 or a maximum of 12 credits. 

This course is designed to introduce students with the foundation they need to prepare for a variety of sport business careers, and to provide an overview of the sport business industry including fundamental knowledge and skill sets of the sport manager, as well as to provide information on sport industry segments for potential employment and career opportunities.

This course is designed to introduce systematic analytics strategies that can result in a sustainable competitive advantage within the sport business industry.  This course provides practical strategies to collect data and then convert that data into meaningful, value-added information and actionable insights.  Its primary objective is to help sport business organizations utilize data-driven decision-making to generate optimal revenue from such areas as ticket sales and corporate partnerships.

Most people in industrialized countries are at least somewhat interested in sport, many are downright fanatical about it.  They attend games, read the sports magazines, and talk endlessly about the subject.  Although they often have knowledge of the most obscure facts about sport, they do not necessarily understand sport.  How is sport linked to other institutions of society?  What role does sport plan in transmitting values to youth?  Does sport perpetuate gender-role stereotypes?  How is sport linked to aggression?  Is it true, as many analysis argue, that sport is a microcosm of society?  These are some of the many issues that we will examine in this course.  

In general, this course is intended to enhance your abilities to think about, understand, analyze, and articulate relations between sport and society.  Sport is used to help you understand more about social patterns, issues, and problems in society.  The quality of your thinking and understanding will increase as you learn to think and express yourself more critically, systematically, and clearly.  You will be encouraged (expected) to ask and respond to critical questions.  You will be encouraged to take responsibility for your learning.

The purpose of this course is to examine current issues that are of concern to sport administrators.  The student will gain a basic understanding of these issues and develop appropriate strategies for effectively dealing with these issues/problems.  This course will concentrate on areas of concern in interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional sports.