The curriculum is offered in a traditional model based on students enrolling in either the Fall or Spring semester. Students who follow the Sport Management major scope and sequence should finish in 8 semesters. Students who plan to graduate in 8 semesters will need to take between 15-17 credit hours per semester throughout their program of study in order to be eligible to complete the required 12 credit hours of internship during the graduating semester. The internship should taken alone and not in conjunction with other courses; therefore, all other university coursework should be completed prior to the terminal semester. Summer course offerings are intermittent and are not guaranteed; therefore, students should not assume that needed courses will be offered during summer sessions.
Beginning Fall 2013, the B.S. in Sport Management adopted curriculum changes. For a description of these changes please visit the Curriculum Revision page.
- Sport Management classes receive new course prefixes (SM instead of HPS) and numbering.
- Courses Related to Program of Study: SM 2200 (History and Contemporary Aspects of Sport) and ECON 2100 (Principles of Microeconomics) replace IS 2200 and COM 2129.
- Sport Management Core: SM 3300 (Event Management), SM 4200 (Facility Management), SM 4300 (Sponsorship and Fundraising in Sport) replace HPS 3370, MKTG 3100, and MKTG 4870.
- Specific and defined concentrations have been eliminated. In order to give students more freedom to tailor their coursework to their career goals, students choose from a broad list of Sport Management Electives.
General Education Curriculum (45 hours)
(see KSU Undergraduate Catalog)
Lower Division Major Requirements (Area F) (18 Credit Hours)
SM 2100 Introduction to Sport Management
SM 2200 History and Contemporary Aspects of Sport
SM 2300 Legal Aspects of Sport
SM 2400 Sports Information and Media
ACCT 2100 Intro to Fin Acct
ECON 2100 Principles of Microeconomics
Upper Division Major Requirements
Sport Management Core (36 Credit Hours)
SM 3100 Sports Sociology and Psychology
SM 3200 Leadership and Management of Sport Organizations
SM 3300 Sport Event Management
SM 3400 Sport Facility Design and Management
SM 3500 Sponsorship and Fundraising in Sport
SM 4700 Sports Economics
SM 4800 Sports Finance
SM 4900 Senior Seminar in Sport Management
SM 4950 Senior Internship in Sport Management
Sport Management Electives (18 Credit Hours):
Select 18 hours from the following courses, at least 9 hours must be from courses at the 3000-level or above*
*(At least one Sport Management Elective must be in Marketing)
ACCT 2200 Intro to Man Acct
BLAW 2200 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
COM 2129 Pubic Speaking
COM 2135 Writing for Public Com
COM 3310 Concepts in New Media
COM 3330 News Report & Writ
COM 3335 Public Rel Principles
COM 3340 Digital Media Production
COM 3375 Public Relations Writing
COM 4420 Advanced Media Writing
COM 4430 Media Management
ECON 2200 Prin of Macroeconomics
ECON 4550 The Economics of Strategy
ES 3100 Group Exercise Leadership
ES 3900 Physiology of Exercise I
FIN 3100 Principles of Finance
HPE 3050 Coaching Principles
HPE 3060 Advanced Coaching Methodology: Basketball and Volleyball
HPE 3070 Advanced Coaching Methodology: Soccer and Tennis
HPE 3080 Advanced Coaching Methodology: Softball and Baseball
HPE 3395 Coaching Practicum
HPE 1000-level Activity courses (6 hours maximum)
MGT 3100 Management and Behavioral Sciences
MGT 4700 Hospitality Management
MKTG 3100 Intro to Marketing
MKTG 3800 Entertainment Marketing
MKTG 4150 Consumer Behavior
MKTG 4410 Professional Selling
MKTG 4650 Advertising
MKTG 4670 Promotional Strategy
MKTG 4750 Advanced Selling
MKTG 4870 Sport Marketing
MKTG 4880 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing
SM 3398 Internship
SM 3600 Sports Broadcasting
SM 3700 International Sport Governance
SM 3900 Foundations of Recreation and Leisure
SM 4200 Recreation Programing
SM 4300 Commercial Rec and Tourism
SM 4400 Directed Study
SM 4490 Special Topics in Sport Management
SM 4600 Research Methods in Sport Management
Free Electives (6 Credit Hours)
Students admitted to the program should work closely with their academic advisor to ensure a timely graduation. Students should plan ahead in order to sequence courses properly to meet all required pre-requisites (courses and adjusted GPA) before enrolling in a course. FAILURE TO PLAN AHEAD MAY DELAY GRADUATION.
Click here to download the pre-2013 Sport Management Checksheet/major scope and sequence.
