The program is Sports Management has been designed to prepare
students for administrative positions in a sports or athletics enterprise. The
actual jobs can vary from administering an athletic program in a public or
private secondary school or at the level of an intercollegiate program.
Other possibilities could include employment with a professional
franchise. Matters dealing with finance, personnel, contracts, and
scheduling could be some of the job responsibilities.
Almost a third of the courses are offered
through the Economics department to expose students to the business side of
the program. In addition to the course requirements in the Physical Education
and Exercise Science Department, an Internship course is provided to allow
students exposure to a real work situation. In this way, students can better
understand the theoretical concepts learned in their course work. In addition,
each job site produces it's own challenges that each student can learn from,
and take with them, long after the internship has ended.
During the first year, students should plan to take no more than 6 credits
each semester and 3 credits during the summer (usually PE 743X). One of those
courses should be Economics 705X (only offered in the spring semester). During
the second year, students should take 6 credits each semester from both the
Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science and the Department of
Economics as outlined below. An elective may be taken during the summer
session. All electives should be approved by the Deputy Chairman of Graduate
Studies.
Requirements
Physical Education Core: (18 Credits)
- PE 742X Principles of Sports Management
- PE 743X Applications of Exercise and Fitness
- PE 744X Sport and the Law
- PE 745X Sports Management Internship
- PE 792X Research Seminar
- PE 780X Thesis Research [Only for students who choose to
write a thesis. All others must take an elective within the Physical
Education Department.]
Economics Core: (9 Credits)
- E 701X Financial and Managerial Accounting (Offered every Fall)
- E705X Managerial Economics (Offered every Spring) or E608X Marketing Management
- E609X Business Management in Sports
3(or 6) electives within Physical Education and Exercise Science
or outside the department as approved by the Graduate Deputy
Students
must pass a Comprehensive Examination or submit a Thesis acceptable to the
department.
Matriculation Requirements
Applicants must offer at least 12 credits in physical
education including course work in all of the following areas: Philosophical
Perspectives (philosophy of history), Behavioral Perspectives (motor
learning, sport psychology or sociology of sport), Movement Perspectives
(kinesiology or biomechanics), and Human Physiology.
ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE SATISFACTORILY MET BY THE TIME A STUDENT HAS COMPLETED
15 CREDIT HOURS OF GRADUATE WORK.
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