The sports management program offers small classes taught by faculty with expertise in sports management, collegiate athletics, and NCAA compliance. Classes include expert lectures, analysis assignments, and hands-on projects. You?ll be able to choose from two areas of concentration?business and athletics?to create a degree that works best for your personal career goals.

What You'll Learn

• Hone your leadership, management, and administrative skills, and apply them to the sports industry.
• Analyze the dynamics of the competitive environment in the sports industry.
• Develop strategies for adapting to change in line with the rules and regulations of specific sports organizations.
• Understand how to implement best practices in sports-related organizations.
• Master the ability to communicate effectively and professionally.

Plan of Study

You?ll start by taking introductory-level courses in business, data science, and sports management. As you move through the program, you?ll take classes including Data and Society, Principles of Marketing, Business Finance, Principles of Management, and Managerial Accounting. To personalize your degree, you?ll choose from a wide variety of electives, participate in an internship with an organization you?re passionate about, and choose an area of concentration in either business or athletics.