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Sport Management
Turn your passion for sports into a rewarding career
The sport management major is designed to prepare you for a successful career in the multibillion-dollar sport industry.
As a sport management major, you鈥檒l take courses that are specific to the discipline, as well as business courses that will help you to develop quantitative analysis skills and an understanding of essential business concepts.
Once you graduate, you鈥檒l find diverse and exciting career opportunities. These include careers in professional and minor league sports, intercollegiate and high school athletics, international and national sport governing bodies, sport agencies, sport facilities, businesses that use sports to market their products and sport marketing and event management firms.
AREAS OF ST91原创Y
- Business
- Sport management
- Finance
- Legal issues
- Ethics
- International sport management
CAREER OPTIONS
- Game presentation assistant
- Sales consultant
- Account executive
- Merchandise representative
- Inside sales representative
- Account manager
- Financial advisor
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What鈥檚 special about this program?
The Lerner College sport management program will help you to go above and beyond your passion for sport by challenging you academically and providing you with practical experience outside the classroom.
In this program, you'll gain as much practical experience as possible while developing professional networks within the sport industry. As a student in this major, you鈥檒l complete a nine-credit internship during your senior year and will have access to a number of volunteer opportunities with the 91原创 Athletic Department and other sport organizations.
Qualified students can also pursue an honors degree and enjoy more challenging classes and opportunities for research and leadership.
Get Involved
Alpha Kappa Psi
Blue Hen Investment Club
Blue Hen Marketing Club
Delta Sigma Pi
Lerner College Trading Center
Lerner Student Advisory Board
Sport Management Club
Women in Business
Sample curriculum
BUAD110 听 | Basics of Business |
| ECON101 | Introduction to Microeconomics 听 |
| ECON103 | Introduction to Macroeconomics 听 |
| ENGL110 | First-Year Writing 听 |
| PSYC100 | General Psychology 听 |
| SPTM210 | Introduction to Sport Management 听 |
听 听 | Mathematics Course |
| 听 | University Breadth Courses 听 |
| ACCT207 | Accounting I 听 |
| ACCT208 | Accounting II 听 |
| COMM212/HOSP230 | Oral Communication in Business or 听 |
| MISY160 | Business Computing 听 |
| MISY261 | Introduction to Management Information Systems 听 |
| MKTG301 | Introduction to Marketing 听 |
| SPTM311 | Practicum in Sport Management 听 |
| SPTM313 听 | Sport & Media 听 |
| SPTM315 | Legal Aspects of Sport Management 听 |
| STAT200 | Basic Statistical Practice 听 |
| 听 | University Breadth Course 听 |
| FINC311 | Principles of Finance 听 |
| MGMT309 | Organizational Behavior 听 |
| OPMT300 | Introduction to Operations Management 听 |
| SPTM314 | Financial Aspects of Sport Management 听 |
| SPTM416 | International Sport Management 听 |
| SPTM417 | Sport Marketing 听 |
| SPTM418 听 | Sport Event & Facilities Management 听 |
| SPTM419 | Ethics & Issues in Sport Management 听 |
| 听 | Sociology Course 听 |
| 听 | University Breadth Courses 听 |
| MGMT499 | Strategic Management 听 |
| SPTM464 | Sport Management Capstone Internship 听 |
| 听 | Sport Management or Hospitality Elective 听 |
| 听 | University Breadth Course and/or Foreign Language 听 |
| 听 | Elective Courses 听 |
