Sport Management, B.S.

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NY State Program Code: 33785
HEGIS Code: 1299.30
CIP Code: 31.0504

Required GPA: 2.5
Credits Required for Major: 55
Credits Required to Graduate: 120

The Sport Management program prepares students for a career in the global sport industry, including, but not limited to, collegiate, professional, amateur, recreational and nonprofit sport organizations. Specialized concentration clusters include business/marketing, communications/public relations and psychology. Students are introduced to sport marketing, sport communications and public relations, recreation administration, event operations, mass media, and technology, and gain proficiency in the principles of sport marketing and analysis, strategic communications, event management and sponsorship, youth/amateur sport programming, facility operations, business management, and more.

General Education

All students must satisfy the University’s General Education requirements , in addition to the requirements for the major. Students completing the B.A. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must also satisfy the University’s foreign language requirement. There is no University requirement for a foreign language for the B.A. degree awarded by other schools of the University or for other bachelor’s degrees such as the B.S. or B.F.A.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Sports Management

Sport Management Core

(28 credits)

PED (0852) 100 - Principles of Health and Physical Education Credits: 3.00
SMP (0855) 205 - Introduction to Sport Management Credits: 3.00
SMP (0855) 275 - Introduction to Sport Marketing Credits: 3.00
PED (0852) 290 - Technology in Health and Physical Education Credits: 3.00
SMP (0855) 306 - Event Sponsorship Credits: 3.00
SMP (0855) 370 - Aspects of Coaching Credits: 3.00
PED (0852) 375 - Social Issues in Physical Education and Sports Credits: 3.00
SMP (0855) 432 - Sport Communication & Media Relations Credits: 3.00
PED (0852) 492 - Practicum, Teaching, Fitness, Leadership, or Coaching Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
or
SMP (0855) 496 - Practicum Credits: 1.00
or
SMP (0855) 497 - Practicum Credits: 2.00
or
SMP (0855) 498 - Practicum Credits: 3.00
or
Advisor approved Physical Education Elective
SMP (0855) 550 - S/T:Workshops in Physical Education Credits: 1.00

Sport Management Electives

(15 credits)

PED courses approved through advisement

Choose from (A) Business or (B) Communication or (C) Psychology Cluster

(A) Business Cluster

(12 credits from the following)

ACC (0201) 101 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3.00
ACC (0201) 102 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3.00
ACC (0201) 306 - Fin Statement Analysis Credits: 3.00
BUS (0204) 162 - Business and Society Credits: 3.00
DSC (0207) 271 - Information Technology And Applications Credits: 4.00
DSC (0207) 471 - Systems Analysis and Design Credits: 3.00
FIN (0209) 330 - Managerial Finance Credits: 3.00
FIN (0209) 350 - Derivative, Capital and Money Markets Credits: 3.00
MGT (0210) 262 - The Art, Science and Practice of Management Credits: 3.00
MGT (0210) 366 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3.00
MKT (0212) 280 - Marketing Credits: 3.00
MKT (0212) 382 - Retail Management Credits: 3.00
MKT (0212) 383 - Sales Management Credits: 3.00
MKT (0212) 480 - Advertising Management Credits: 3.00
MKT (0212) 482 - Marketing Strategy Credits: 3.00

(B) Communication Cluster

(12 credits from the following)

COM (0108) 103 - History of Media and Communication Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 205 - Media and Children Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 206 - History of Media And Communication Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 207 - Press and Society Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 208 - Newswriting I Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 209 - Newswriting I I Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 215 - Film: Then and Now Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 225 - Basic Media Production Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 300 - Media Criticism Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 309 - Writing the Short Screenplay Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 315 - Communication And Behavior Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 325 - Cinematography Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 329 - Special Topics Credits: 1.00 -3.00
COM (0108) 406 - New Communication Technology And Social Change Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 411 - Issues and Conflicts in Media and Society Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 454 - Electronic Journalism Credits: 3.00

(C) Psychology Cluster

(12 credits from the following)

PIA (0501) 101 - General Psychology Credits: 3.00 (Required)
PIA (0501) 137 - Psychological Statistics Credits: 4.00 (Recommended but not required)
PIA (0501) 114 - Lifespan Development for Non-Majors Credits: 3.00 (non-Majors only)
PIA (0501) 262 - Social Psychology Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 276 - Motivation and Emotion Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 290 - Psychology of Addictions Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 283 - Psychopathology Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 284 - Theories of Personality Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 292 - Cognitive Psychology Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 360 - Behavior Disorders in Childhood Credits: 4.00
PIA (0501) 365 - Psychology of Gender Credits: 3.00
PIA (0501) 379 - Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy Credits: 3.00

Note

Major students must attain a grade of C- or higher in all major courses to be eligible for continuance, practicum, or enrollment into 500 level courses.

Semester Sequence

Degree: B.S. Required GPA: 2.5 Credits Required for Major: 55 Credits Required to Graduate: 120

Requirements
Course	Credits	Freshmen		Sophomore		Junior		Senior
		Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring
PED (0852) 100 Principles of Health and Physical Education	3	✓
SMP (0855) 205 Introduction to Sports Management	3		✓
SMP (0855) 370 Aspects of Coaching	3		✓
PED (0852) 290 Technology in Health and Physical Education	3			✓
SMP (0855) 275 Introduction to Sport Marketing	3			✓
PED (0852) 375 Social Issues in Physical Education and Sports	3			✓
SMP (0855) 306 Event Sponsorship	3				✓
SMP (0855) 432 Sport Communication & Media Relations	3				✓
PED (0852) 550 S/T: Workshops in Physical Education	1					✓	or ✓
*PED (0852) 492 Practicum, Teaching, Fitness, Leadership, or Coaching	3					✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓
Sport Management Electives	15	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓
*Sport Management Clusters (Business, Communications or Psychology)*	12-24	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓	✓	or ✓
* For Internship, required GPA’s 2.75 and 3.0 in the major. Students who do not take 0852-496, 497, 498 must take a 3-credit Physical Education elective.