Sport Management Major (BS)

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 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.

Degree Requirements (Bachelor's Degree)

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

1. Complete 120 credits of college work. This must include 36 credits in courses numbered 300 or above. Certain elementary courses are identified in the catalog and/or course schedule as not counting toward the 120 credits required for graduation. In addition, only the first 8 credits of physical education activity courses (100-level) may be counted toward graduation or grade point averages (GPA).
2. Earn a minimum of 30 credits toward their undergraduate degree at UW-Parkside. Individual departments and programs may require that certain courses must be taken at UW-Parkside. Students must complete all course work to be counted toward graduation by the end of the semester/subscription period in which they graduate.
3. Attain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale. Some programs have higher GPA requirements. Transfer students must also have a cumulative 2.00 GPA on the combination of transfer credits accepted and credits attempted at UW-Parkside.
4. Complete an approved major program of study with the minimum major GPA as specified by the program or department. Usually, the minimum GPA is 2.00 on a 4.00 scale, but some majors require a higher GPA. Students who apply transfer credits to their majors must also meet the minimum major GPA requirement on the combination of transfer credits and UW-Parkside credits. At least 15 credits of upper level course work (courses numbered 300 or higher) must be completed at UW-Parkside. A student may not graduate with an incomplete grade in major course work if failure in that course would reduce the GPA in the major below the minimum GPA.

 Cumulative Degree GPA: 2.0 minimum

** 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