SPORT AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT (MAJOR)
The complexity, globalization, and impacts the sport and recreation industries have on society create the demand and need for the precise preparation. The Sport and Recreation Management curriculum within the Business Administration Department will emphasize the unique business, management, marketing and ethical principles and practices necessary to succeed in these industries. It ultimately will prepare professionals who are critical thinkers, interdisciplinary in their approach, and capable of effectively managing and marketing sport and recreation enterprises in vastly different markets. The Sport and Recreation Management curriculum will provide both skill-based and theoretical framework in business management with an applied practice to sport and recreation management.
Program Learning Outcomes
Apply critical thinking and techniques to solve real problems related to the management of the sport and recreation industries.
Recognize, understand and apply laws, ethical situations, and social responsibility as it relates to working in the sport and recreation industries.
Employ appropriate communication through writing, research, and speaking with individuals, organizations, media and the public across all sport and recreation industry settings.
Appraise, assess and critique how branding, event management, and marketing theories as they apply to the global and domestic sport and recreation industry consistent with the professional standards.
The Sport and Recreation Program: | Credits |
|---|---|
Prerequisites | |
ACNT 1010 Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACNT 1011 Managerial Accounting | 3 |
BUS 1000 Intro to Business | 3 |
BUS 1010 Excel for Business | 1 |
BUS 1610 Economics: Macro | 3 |
BUS 1611 Economics: Micro | 3 |
MIS 1010 Managing with Information Systems | 3 |
AC 1030 Communication Technology | 3 |
22 | |
Core Requirements | |
SRM 1000 Introduction to Sport and Recreation Management | 3 |
SRM 2000 Sport and Recreation in Society | 3 |
SRM 2010 Sport and Recreation Administration | 3 |
SRM 2020 Sport and Recreation Marketing and Revenue Streams | 3 |
SRM 2030 Sport and Recreation Facility and Event Management | 3 |
SRM 3000 Sport and Recreation Legal Studies | 3 |
SRM 3010 Sport and Recreation Strategy and Leadership | 3 |
SRM 3020 Sport and Recreation Governance and Policy | 3 |
SRM 3980 Senior Seminar-Sport and Recreation | 3 |
BUS 2000 Management Theory and Practice | 3 |
BUS 2150 Quantitative Methods and Analytics2 | 3 |
BUS 2250 Business Law | 3 |
BUS 2550 Operations Management | 3 |
FIN 2000 Financial Management | 3 |
BUS 3930 Management of International Business | 3 |
BUS 3950 Business Ethics Seminar | 3 |
MRKT 2520 Marketing Management | 3 |
51 | |
Prerequisite or Corequisites: | |
MATH 1150 Statistics I (BUS 2150) | 3 |