Sport Management Major (BS)

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College: College of Natural & Health Sciences

 Program Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate effective communication skills through a variety of mediums. Students are able to use oral or visual communication for business purposes using professional communication styles. Students are able to use written communication for business purposes using professional communication styles. Students demonstrate an ability to use interpersonal and mass communication styles in sport business.
2. Collect and analyze information connected to the sports management discipline. Demonstrate an ability to use the fundamental principles of the sport management field, which include marketing, finance and law. Effectively apply technology to analyze and interpret data.
3. Demonstrate a proficiency in identifying and resolving problems. Students can identify and evaluate sport business concerns. Students can communicate how learned concepts affect business situations while providing a potential solution to any problem. Students can identify potential ethical dilemmas and be proactive in resolving them.
4. Function effectively in a manner similar to industry personnel. Students demonstrate the ability to make economic decisions to improve the business. Students use the various dimensions of diversity, ethics, and law for professional decision-making in relation to sport management.
5. Develop critical thinking skills through disciplined intellectual inquiry. Students are able to utilize strong logic in developing potential solutions to problems within professional and ethical standards. Students can recognize and analyze sport business issues through relevant literature.

Requirements for the Sport Management Major

Achieve a minimum 2.50 GPA in all courses used to complete the major.

General University Degree Requirements (Bachelor's Degree)

In addition to individual program requirements, students must also fulfill the following requirements:

** Transfer students in sustainable management, and health information management and technology collaborative, online degree-completion programs, the business management online degree-completion program, and the flexible option degree-completion program will be exempt from the university’s foreign language requirement. See appropriate academic section for further information.

Skills Requirement

General Education

• General Education Course List

Foreign Language

Ethnic Diversity

Degree Requirements

Cumulative Degree GPA: 2.0 minimum