Sport Management (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in Sport Management provides students with the fundamental business knowledge and sport management skills necessary to become successful, well-trained managers and leaders in the global sports industry. This degree program will provide an innovative educational experience grounded in relevant theory and practice that enables students to gain practical sport management skills such as strategic planning, project management, team leadership and dynamics, entrepreneurship, and marketing and sales. Throughout the program, students will engage with and complete courses in sport management, business, and the liberal arts. The program culminates with a series of sports-related field experiences that allow students to apply their practical knowledge and skills on authentic problems and challenges in the field with a variety of sport, fitness and recreational organizations. Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), this program will have students examine topics such as, but not limited to, the business of sports, sports marketing, band management, sports facilitates management, and the interrelationship between sports and society.