Sports Management (SMGT)

This course presents the historical, philosophical, and social aspects in service management in regard to recreation and sports. This course encompasses a variety of services, including recreational sport management, outdoor and adventure recreation, professional sports management, and health and fitness. Students will explore a variety of career options and concentrated interests to prepare for challenging careers in the growing field of sport, recreation and fitness.

This course is an overview of managing and directing recreation programs. Topics include development of community and sports programs. There are short-term as well as long-term planning for the development of programs including parks, buildings and ground keeping, recreation and sport.

This course provides students with the tools to comprehend the social aspects of sport. Topics include social influences on sport participation and behavior, diversity in sport, and how the sports industry is impacted by the changing nature of society.

This course will discuss the role that sports have had in society. The focus of the course will be on the role that sport has taken on, specifically in The United States and the connection sports has built in the world. The course will analyze the role race, gender, and other demographics have on the historical role in sport. The course will analyze baseball, soccer, basketball, racquet sports, and other Olympic sports to understand the evolution of the sport and the connection with history.

3-0-3. Pre-requisite: none This course serves as an introduction to the field of sports media. Topics include models of sports communication, print and electronic media, public relations, media relations, and careers in sports media. Students will have the opportunity to critically evaluate the sports media strategies of sports organizations, as well as designing their own sports media campaign.

This course will focus on the application of law principles to the sport and fitness setting. Areas include agency law, tort liability, contract law, antitrust law, Constitutional law, labor law, and criminal law. The course will focus on issues as they pertain to sport managers, educators, coaches, athletes, facility directors, and recreational administrators.

This course will focus on the application of law principles to the sport and fitness setting. Areas include agency law, tort liability, contract law, antitrust law, Constitutional law, labor law, and criminal law. The course will focus on issues as they pertain to sport managers, educators, coaches, athletes, facility directors, and recreational administrators.

This course provides students with a study of esports history, leagues & stakeholders in esports, comparing esports & traditional sports, the esports market, and influencer marketing. Thus, it leads students to develop an understanding of background knowledge regarding esports to apply marketing/management strategies.

This course will provide students with a basic understanding of sports promotion and marketing. Fundaments and promotional principles, including the marketing mix, are emphasized as they relate to sports.

This course covers basic principles of finance as they relate to sports. Emphasis is placed current practices and issues relating to funding, budgeting, and revenue acquisition in sports through private and public means. Topics include taxing and borrowing, ticket sales, concessions, broadcast sales, and sponsorship. The course includes an introduction to collection and analysis of sports business data.