Sports Management

This course will explore and apply the business concepts necessary to develop sport events. Specific emphasis will be placed on planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring the event development process.

This course will provide the student with an understanding and applying the concepts of scientific inquiry to facilitate Sport management problem identification, research design, information/data collection, data analytics, result visualization, and managerial decision-making.

This course examines the concepts and challenges of international business operations as related to the global sport industry environment. 

This course will provide students with knowledge on techniques for the proper management and administration of various sport industry segments, as well as to attain knowledge related to management and leadership (e.g., various theories and issues) and to apply this knowledge in the sport context.

This course will familiarize the student with theoretical and practical aspects of sport marketing and the importance of branding. Course will also examine integrated marketing strategies including communication concepts, theories, and the use of social networks, digital platforms, and online marketing in the sport industry.

This course examines financial information necessary to understand and perform the duties and responsibilities associated with the financial management of sport organizations, programs, and facilities.

This course examines comparative approaches of sales processes and revenue generation strategies used by sport organizations.

An advanced and excellerated emersion into multiple aspects of the sport industry. Students will be challenged to identify best practices, as well as industry needs and challenges through a vartiety of industry segments and environments.

This course focuses on the legal aspects of the sport industry and how these components inform policy development as well as differ internationally. Components of contract development, negotiations and conflict resolution will be examined. Risk management and security issues associated with Sport events will be closely analyzed. Course will also introduce Intellectual property issues.

This course will introduce the contributions that a sociological perspective can make to understanding and managing the cultural meaning and significance of sport, for societies, groups, and individuals at local, national, and global scales. It introduces foundational concepts with special attention given to issues of stratification; contributions that socio-cultural research on sport can offer to understanding and managing sport; key contemporary themes related to globalization, consumer culture, diplomacy, and development; the meaning and significance of sport in local communities, nations and across the globe.

This course is designed to examine the latest national and global trends within the sport industry and to critically analyze issues that arise within the field of sport management.

This course examines management concepts and their application in the sport industry. Emphasis will be placed on the decision-making process and the systematic evaluation of those decisions.

This course focuses on management and operations of sport facilities. The foundational components of venue management are covered along with skills needed to work in multiple capacities at venues.

This course focuses on critical analysis of ethical concepts as related to contemporary issues associated with sport business that may affect stakeholders and society. Specific focus will be on labor issues, sustainability concerns, and human rights.

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the business of esports. It will focus on the various business elements of the modern, competitive esports environment.

This course will prepare students for the challenges that sport managers face in the current landscape of sport gambling (legal and illegal) industry. Topics including sport integrity, implications of legal and illegal sports gambling, compliance, oversight, the regulatory environment, and best practices for managing sport gambling challenges.