Sport Management
Courses
SMT 601 Sports Industry Management 3.0 Credits
This course provides a detailed overview of the sports and entertainment industry and its management and business practices. Students will study professional, collegiate, nonprofit, minor league, and recreational sport. This course will cover the history of sport to the present landscape of the industry, ranging from sales to marketing to venue operations to new technology to media, all of which are necessary to provide students with foundational knowledge for the effective management of sport organizations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 602 Sport Law 3.0 Credits
This course will examine the diverse and complex nature of sport law by providing an overview of the legal issues that are of particular concern to sport managers, including tort law, risk management, contract law, employment law, constitutional law, gender equity, antitrust law, and intellectual property law. In addition, the course will expose students to the legal standards, principles and practices that can be applied to the various management challenges that exist within the sports world. Students will be introduced to sport law through lectures, reading relevant case law, and examining current events in sports law.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 603 Sports Marketing 3.0 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive study of marketing and promotions practices in the sports industry. Students will gain an understanding of the uniqueness of the sports business through analysis of the sport consumer, the different types of market research in sport, market segmentation, the sport product, the role of sales and service, sponsorships, paid media and promotions, public relations, and social media. The course culminates with students incorporating gained knowledge into a marketing plan for a sports property.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 604 Sport Media & Technology 3.0 Credits
An analysis of the sport media’s changing landscape and the role is plays in political, social and technological climates. Emphasis on professional and intercollegiate sports and the implications of simultaneous production and consumption. Course will examine new information technologies, commercial pressures in sport media and global sport media expansion.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 605 Sports Economics 3.0 Credits
Sports are economic goods and as such subject to the laws of demand and supply; production is organized and distributed to customers who evaluate consuming sports in consideration with other economic choices. This course will apply economic principles to analyze a wide range of issues within the realm of professional sports and intercollegiate athletics. Appropriate examination of sports economics requires the introduction of some advanced fields of specialization within economics. These include industrial organization, labor economics, and public finance. Students will be introduced to a variety of sports economics topics including sports markets—demand, supply and pricing, monopoly power and market failure in sports, labor markets and labor relations, and the public finance of sport facilities.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 606 Social Issues in Sport 3.0 Credits
This course provides a detailed analysis of the sociology of sport. Areas of focus include gender, race, the economy, the media, politics, and religion. This course will provide an opportunity for students to explore each of these components in an in-depth manner, and they will be able to apply their knowledge of sport sociology to the industry, via CSR and DEI initiatives.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 608 Sport Media & Public Relations 3.0 Credits
Globally, sports leagues collect over $20 billion in media rights fees per year. In this class, a history of sports media rights and the current landscape will be discussed. The fragmented state of sport media will be introduced, and major players in this space will be highlighted. Jobs in the sport media industry will be outlined, and students will hear from industry professionals through video and podcast interviews.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 609 Sports Ticket Sales & Strategies 3.0 Credits
Course will examine changing environment of ticket and operation sales in the sport industry. Course will expose students to the standards, practices and strategies that can be applied to the multitude of areas that ticketing touches within the sports industry.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 612 Development & Fundraising Strategies in Sport 3.0 Credits
Course will examine skills, strategies and techniques needed for successful annual and major gift solicitation in the field of athletic development. Topics include understanding annual fund and major gift fundraising; examining booster club organization structure, benefits; priority seating programs and importance of donor research in the fundraising process.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 615 Introduction to the College Sport Industry 3.0 Credits
College sport as a multibillion dollar industry rests at the intersection of higher education, corporate America, and global commerce. This course offers an in-depth view of the college sport industry from historical, educational, financial, legal, political, and social perspectives.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 618 NCAA Compliance 3.0 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn the basic regulatory and due process rules that govern NCAA competition. Students will be introduced to the basic elements of NCAA regulations, rules interpretations, enforcement decisions and sanctions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 621 Leadership in Sport Management 3.0 Credits
Students will discuss the process of leadership and leadership development in sports organizations. Leadership styles, qualities, philosophies and the ability to adapt to different situations are addressed. Information on recruiting, training, supervising and evaluating personnel are examined as are current sporting issues and their impact on sport leadership.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 622 Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining in Sport 3.0 Credits
Course examines various aspects of professional sports including the unique office of the league commissioner, the antitrust and labor law dimensions of the player-labor market and the peculiar institution of the player agent in a unionized and collective bargained industry.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: SMT 602 [Min Grade: C]
SMT 626 Globalization of Sport 3.0 Credits
An analysis of the impact of globalization on the Sport Industry. Students will be introduced to managerial, human resource and cultural differences that impinge upon the sports industry. An oversight of the different governance structures employed throughout the industry overseas will also be examined.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 630 Sports Industry Practicum 3.0 Credits
The practicum is designed to develop greater breadth and depth of student's understanding and experience within the industry. The practical application of the knowledge and skill acquired in classes will help students to extend their expertise by working in a sport management related organization.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 635 Sport Facilities & Event Management 3.0 Credits
Course is designed to provide learning experience in managing sports facility operations, planning new sports facilities and renovating and maintaining existing facilities. Course also provides student exposure to comprehensive event planning and management for sport and special events.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT 650 Sports Contracts 3.0 Credits
Course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn the legal issues and strategies surrounding a wide variety of contract issues in sports. Students will be introduced to the core elements of contract law and see it applied by the court system in the context of the sports industry. An understanding of the importance of contracts in sports will be gained through a review of legal cases, actual industry contracts, speakers, and other standard classroom material.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
SMT I599 Independent Study in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT I699 Independent Study in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is SMT.
SMT I799 Independent Study in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT I899 Independent Study in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT I999 Independent Study in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT T580 Special Topics in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT T680 Special Topics in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT T780 Special Topics in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT T880 Special Topics in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
SMT T980 Special Topics in Sport Management 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit