To prepare students for careers in sport administration, management, and communication in diverse capacities, and/or graduate study in these fields, the department offers the following majors.
Students in this program investigate the social, ethical, economic, legal, and political factors affecting the management and administration of sport organizations. The application of management principles to the sport industry distinguishes this program from the others offered in the department. Sport management majors learn about finance, law, organization management, personnel, and marketing.
M.S. in Sport Management
The master's degree program in sport management prepares students for a variety of positions in the sport industry. The degree program is designed to be completed in a 12- to 18-month span of time. In general, students will take 12 credits of coursework in the fall and spring semesters with an additional 6 credits of thesis or internship in the summer following the completion of their coursework. Through years of offering degrees in sport management and sport media at the undergraduate level, our department has extensive networks in the industry, which affords graduate students the opportunity to pursue internships with a wide array of sport organizations.
The sport media major prepares students for an array of careers in an industry where the boundaries between sport, other forms of entertainment, and pure business are blurred. The curriculum is composed of three cores designed to complement one another: a liberal arts core; a sport theory core; and a core of courses in communications, including media production, public relations, advertising, sport publications, and sport video production.
B.A. in Sport StudiesThe sport studies major is for students who want to learn about sport’s place in modern society. We examine sport’s historical, sociological, psychological, and philosophical dimensions from a liberal arts perspective. Sport studies majors have the opportunity to further their appreciation for the world of sport by exploring such areas as gender issues, the Olympic Games, and sport in film and literature.
