Program Chair
- Nancy Panos Schmitt (Chair)
Program Learning Goals
Students with a major in sports management will be able to:
- Analyze the unique dynamics of the competitive environment in the sports industry
- Implement best practices in sports-related organizations
- Engage in professional and effective communication
- Demonstrate leadership, management and administrative principles and practices specific
to the sports industry and management
- Develop strategies for beneficial change in accordance with rules and regulations
of specific sport organizations
The sports management curriculum will also help students master the following university-wide
learning goals:
- Critical Thinking
Students will comprehensively explore issues, ideas, artifacts, events, and other
positions, before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.
- Creativity
Students will combine or synthesize new ideas, practices, or expertise in original
ways that are characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
- Collaboration
Students will demonstrate self-awareness, understanding of effective group dynamics,
and project management skills.
- Communication
Students will communicate ideas to audiences in oral, visual, and written forms to
establish knowledge, to increase understanding, or to advocate for a particular position.
- Global Responsibility
Students will (i) employ practices informed by social responsibility across the spectrum
of differences and (ii) demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate solutions for, challenges
affecting local, regional, and global communities.
Objectives
The program offers an academic major leading to a Bachelor of Science degree or a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
Program Requirements
The program will require students to maintain a 2.3 GPA and earn a grade of C or better
in all required courses. Students must meet the university-wide graduation requirements
in addition to the sports management major requirements:
- 30 upper-division hours
- 124 total hours
- WCore or Honors College requirements
Bachelor of Science in Sports Management
| Requirement Description |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
| I. Lower-Division Requirements |
26 |
|
| DATA 150 |
Data and Society |
4 |
|
| BUSI 101A |
Business Fundamentals I, Communicating |
3 |
Co-requisites: BUSI 101B and BUSI 101C |
| BUSI 101B |
Business Fundamentals I, Calculating |
3 |
MATH 101 or above
Co-requisites: BUSI 101A and BUSI 101C |
| BUSI 101C |
Business Fundamentals 1: Company Lab |
0 |
Co-requisites: BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B |
| ACCT 213 |
Financial Accounting |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| BUSI 200 |
Business Math and Modeling |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| BUSI 225 |
Business Law |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| ECON 253 |
Elementary Macroeconomics |
3 |
MATH 101 or above |
| HPW 255 |
Foundations of Sports Management |
4 |
|
|
| II. Upper-Division Requirements |
22-24 |
|
| HPW 345 |
Sports Law and Ethics |
4 |
HPW 255 |
| ECON 412S |
Sports Economics |
2 |
ECON 253, MATH 101, ACCT 213 |
| FINC 300 |
Business Finance |
3 |
BUSI 200 and ACCT 213 |
| MKTG 300 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| MGMT 305 |
Principles of Management |
4 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| MGMT 422 |
Sports Management |
2 |
MGMT 305 |
| MKTG 422 |
Sports Marketing |
2 |
MKTG 300 |
|
BUSI 440
2 internships, one sophomore year, one senior year (1-2) each |
Business Fundamentals: Internship |
2-4 |
|
|
| III. Elective Requirements |
8 |
|
|
Choose 8 credits of course work from the list below:
| COMM 322 |
Multimedia Image Production |
4 |
|
| COMM 326 |
Introduction to Web Writing and Design |
4 |
|
| COMM 350 |
Organizational Communication |
4 |
COMM 250 |
| COMM 360 |
Race, Gender, Class and Media |
4 |
|
| HPW 360 |
College Athletic Administration |
4 |
HPW 255 |
| MGMT 433 |
Organizational Behavior |
4 |
MGMT 305 |
| MKTG 303 |
Professional Selling |
4 |
MKTG 300 |
|
| IV. Senior Capstone |
4 |
|
| SOC 330 |
Sports and Society |
4 |
|
|
| Total Hours for the B.S. Sports Management |
60-62 |
|
Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management
| Requirement Description |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
| I. Liberal Arts Requirements |
12-20 |
|
|
Students completing the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) must complete either:
(a) A declared academic minor other than a Business minor (Business, Economics and
Entrepreneurship cannot be used) or
(b) Twelve credit hours of a single world language or
(c) Eight credit hours of a single world language and either:
- Four credit hours of a Westminster May Term Study Experience or
- Four credits of an international study tour transferred from an accredited college or
university.
|
| Requirement Description |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
| II. Lower Division Requirements |
26 |
|
| ACCT 213 |
Financial Accounting |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| BUSI 101A |
Business Fundamentals: Communicating |
3 |
Co-requisites: BUSI 101B and BUSI 101C |
| BUSI 101B |
Business Fundamentals: Calculating |
3 |
MATH 101 or above
Co-requisites: BUSI 101A and BUSI 101C |
| BUSI 101C |
Business Fundamentals: Company Lab |
0 |
Co-requisites: BUSI 101A and BUSI 101B |
| BUSI 200 |
Business Math and Modeling |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| BUSI 225 |
Business Law |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| ECON 253 |
Elementary Macroeconomics |
3 |
MATH 101 or above |
| DATA 150 |
Data and Society |
4 |
|
| HPW 255 |
Foundations of Sports Management |
4 |
|
|
| III. Upper Division Requirements |
22-24 |
|
| ECON 412S |
Sports Economics |
2 |
ECON 253, MATH 101, ACCT 213 |
| FINC 300 |
Business Finance |
3 |
BUSI 200 and ACCT 213 |
| HPW 345 |
Sports Law & Ethics |
4 |
HPW 255 |
| MGMT 305 |
Principles of Management |
4 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| MGMT 422 |
Sports Management |
2 |
MGMT 305 |
| MKTG 300 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
BUSI 101A/101B/101C |
| MKTG 422 |
Sports Marketing |
2 |
MKTG 300 |
|
BUSI 440
2 internships, one sophomore year, one senior year (1-2) each |
Business Fundamentals: Internship |
2-4 |
|
|
| IV. Electives |
4 |
|
|
Choose 4 hours of course work from courses below:
| COMM 322 |
Multimedia Image Production |
4 |
|
| COMM 326 |
Introduction to Web Writing and Design |
4 |
|
| COMM 350 |
Organizational Communication |
4 |
COMM 250 |
| COMM 360 |
Race, Gender, Class and Media |
4 |
|
| HPW 360 |
College Athletic Administration |
4 |
HPW 255 |
| MGMT 433 |
Organizational Behavior |
4 |
MGMT 305 |
| MKTG 303 |
Professional Selling |
4 |
MKTG 300 |
|
| V. Senior Capstone |
4 |
|
| SOC 330 |
Sports and Society |
4 |
|
|
| Total Hours for the Program |
56-58 |
|
Recommended Plan of Study
|
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| Year 1 |
- WCore 1 (4)
- WCore 2 (4)
- BUSI 101A (3)
- BUSI 101B (3)
- BUSI 101C (0)
- Elective Class* (1-2)
|
- WCore 3 (4)
- WCore 4 (4)
- ECON 253 (4)
- Data 150 (3)
- Elective Class* (1)
|
| Year 2 |
- WCore 5 (4)
- WCore 6 (4)
- BUSI 200 (4)
- HPW 255 (4)
- Elective Class* (1)
|
- HPW 345 (4)
- ACCT 213 (3)
- BUSI 225 (3)
- BUSI 440 (1-2)*
- MGMT 305 (4)
- Elective Class* (3-4)
|
| Year 3 |
- ECON 412S (2)
- FINC 300 (3)
- MKTG 300 (3)
- WCore Engaging the World (4)
- Sports MGMT elective (4)
|
- MKTG 422 (2)
- MGMT 422 (2)
- Sports MGMT elective (4) (BS)
- Language 1 (BA)
- Elective Class* (4-8)
|
| Year 4 |
- BUSI 440 (1-2)*
- Language 2 (BA)
- Elective classes as needed* (9-11)
|
- BUSI 440 (1-2)*
- SOC 330 (4)
- Language 3 (BA)
- Elective classes as needed*
|
*Extra hours can be obtained by increasing internship hours, adding a minor or taking classes for interest.
