Sport Management - BS, Internship Track
The Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management Internship Track is designed to prepare students for careers as administrators and managers in athletic, health and country clubs, as well as entry-level management positions in college and professional athletic organizations. Through this program, students are prepared for a diversity of roles in the areas of sport marketing and promotions, facility management and planning, activity programming and events management. Students electing this track are required to complete a twelve (12) credit internship. The internship, following coursework, provides students with on-the-job experience and networking opportunities. Students in this track will be required to complete a business minor.
Students who meet the University and college entrance requirements enter the Sport Management major as lower-level (EDSM) majors. Students are encouraged to complete the freshman, sophomore, and junior sequences of courses as listed under Curriculum in Sport Management. Enrollment of Sport Management students in senior-level courses is limited to those who have been admitted to upper-level (also referred to as upper division).
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| ENGL 103 or ENGL 104 | Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition 1 or Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| SPMT 217 | Foundations of Sport Management | 3 |
| American history 2,3 | 3 | |
| Creative arts 2,3 | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences 2,3 | 3-4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 202 or ECON 203 | Principles of Economics 1 or Principles of Economics | 3 |
| KINE 120 or KINE 223 | The Science of Basic Health and Fitness or Introduction to the Science of Health and Fitness | 1-3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences | ||
| Engineering Mathematics II | ||
| Finite Mathematics | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| American history 2,3 | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences 2,3 | 3-4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| SPMT 225 | Practical Skills for Sport Professionals 1 | 3 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Business Calculus | ||
| Engineering Mathematics I | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| Communication for Technical Professions | ||
| Argumentation and Debate | ||
| Minor elective 1, 4 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLTH 240/KINE 240 or ISTM 209 | Computer Technology in Health and Kinesiology 1,5 or Business Information Systems Concepts | 3 |
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| Language, philosophy and culture 2,3 | 3 | |
| Directed elective 1,6 | 3 | |
| Minor elective 1,4 | 3 | |
| Sport management elective 1,7 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 18 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| SPMT 304 | Sport Psychology Management and Practice 1 | 3 |
| SPMT 319/SOCI 319 | Sociology of Sport 1 | 3 |
| Directed elective 1,6 | 3 | |
| Minor elective 1,4 | 3 | |
| Sport management elective 1,7 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| STAT 201 | Elementary Statistical Inference 1 | 3 |
| Directed elective 1,6 | 3 | |
| Free elective 2,8 | 3 | |
| Minor elective 1,4 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 90 | |
| 1 | Must make a grade of C or better |
| 2 | Course selection can meet International and Cultural Diversity and/or Cultural Discourse graduation requirement. |
| 3 | Must meet Core Curriculum requirements. |
| 4 | To be chosen in consultation with academic advisor. For SPMT-Non Internship students, choose from the following: Any 100-499 course associated with chosen required minor. For SPMT-Internship students, Business Minor is required. Courses must be selected from the following: ACCT 209 or ACCT 229; ISTM 209; MGMT 209 or MGMT 211, MGMT 309; MKTG 409; FINC 409; STAT 201. |
| 5 | SPMT-Internship students must take ISTM 209. |
| 6 | Choose from any of the following: Any SPMT 200-499 course (except SPMT 217, SPMT 225, SPMT 304, SPMT 319/SOCI 319, SPMT 333, SPMT 421, SPMT 422, SPMT 423, SPMT 402, SPMT 482, SPMT 484); ACCT 210; ALED 340, ALED 341; COMM 205, COMM 210, COMM 315, COMM 320, COMM 340; ECON 203; EHRD 408; FINC 201; MGMT 105, MGMT 212; MKTG 402/IBUS 402; PSYC 107; RPTS 301, RPTS 302, RPTS 311, RPTS 340, RPTS 426; WGST 430/MGMT 430. |
| 7 | May choose any SPMT 200-499 course (except SPMT 217, SPMT 225, SPMT 304, SPMT 319/SOCI 319, SPMT 333, SPMT 421, SPMT 422, SPMT 423, SPMT 482, SPMT 402, SPMT 484) |
| 8 | To be chosen in consultation with academic advisor but may be any 100-499 course. |
| Fourth Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| SPMT 333 | Sport Management 1 | 3 |
| SPMT 402 | Sport Management Pre-Internship Seminar 1 | 1 |
| SPMT 421 | Legal Aspects of Sport 1 | 3 |
| SPMT 422 | Financing Sport Operations 1 | 3 |
| SPMT 423 | Marketing Aspects of Sport 1,9 | 3 |
| SPMT 482 | Professional Writing Seminar 1,9 | 1 |
| SPMT 481 | Seminar 1 | 1 |
| Minor elective 1,4 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| SPMT 484 | Internship in Sport Management | 12 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 30 | |
| 9 | Course meets University writing requirement. |