Sport Business

Major: Sport Business
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 180.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 31.0504
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 25-1193

About the Program

The BSBA in Sport Business is designed for students who plan to pursue careers in the sport industry. The major draws on the strengths of its own offerings and the required business administration core. 

Students will master the knowledge and skills necessary for success in professional sports organizations, collegiate athletics, sport media companies, and businesses that service and are complimentary to the sport industry. The co-op option engages students with extensive experiential learning. Our Philadelphia location is optimal for accessing opportunities throughout the Northeast corridor and beyond.

The program offers options covering a wide range of areas of study; students are able to match their skills, abilities, and interests with a specific niche within the sport industry. Students may choose a minor or create their own particular specialization and area of expertise, in consultation with our department's academic advisor and faculty.

Degree Requirements

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Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

Writing-Intensive Course Requirements

In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.

A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.

Sample Plan of Study

4 year, no co-op

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Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.

 4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)

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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

5 year, 3 co-op (Fall/Winter)

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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

Co-op/Career Opportunities

Co-op Opportunities

Drexel University has long been known for its co-operative education programs, through which students combine periods of full-time, career related employment with their studies. Co-op employment for sport business students is central to their experience.

With the BSBA sport business major, co-operative education gives students experience in a range of sport related jobs and settings. Students may be placed with professional athletic teams, university athletics and recreation programs, or with organizations aligned with sports (e.g., a sports agency). Co-op experiences are available with many of the region's sports, organizations, including professional sports teams, college athletic departments, law firms, and sports agencies, sports media networks, non-profit organizations, youth organizations, sports complexes, and others.

Career Opportunities

The multidisciplinary nature of the sport business program allows its graduates to be ready for a wide range of sport-related professions, including athletic management, the sport industry at all levels (professional, semi-professional, collegiate) within a range of organizations (public, private, professional, and amateur).

Sport business graduates are uniquely qualified for leadership, or support positions in professional and amateur sports organizations, college sports, and in other sports venues. The program also prepares students for graduate or professional study in a variety of fields including sport management, law, and business.

Facilities

The 12-story, 177,500-square-foot home for LeBow College of Business is located at the heart of the Drexel University campus, at the intersection of Woodland Walk and Market Street, where it forms a gateway to Drexel and a backdrop to the historic statue of A. J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904). The diagonal massing of the lower floors follows Woodland Walk and combines with the new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (Diamond & Schmitt, 2011) to energize the University’s central quadrangle. The building’s tower will mark the LeBow College and Drexel campus from all directions while the open, glassy Market Street façade will showcase the College’s student activities to passersby.

The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by classrooms, student lounges, events spaces, and offices. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium and 100-seat lecture hall one floor below and to a divisible multipurpose room and additional classrooms above. The building’s upper floors contain faculty offices interspersed with seminar rooms and group study rooms. The top floor houses the Dean’s suite and a boardroom and conference suite that opens to east- and west-facing terraces.

The building’s warm masonry and glass exterior reflects the emerging vocabulary of the next generation of Drexel buildings. Sophisticated solar shading devices allow maximum transparency between the inside and outside while supporting the building’s high environmental aspirations.

Key Building Features

• Five-story atrium
• Finance trading lab with Bloomberg Terminal Room
• 300-seat auditorium
• 160-seat event space
• 100-seat lecture hall
• 45-seat seminar rooms
• 44-seat computer classrooms
• 60-seat classrooms
• Executive MBA classroom
• 24-seat classrooms
• Special areas for experiential learning simulations and business consulting
• Videoconferencing capabilities
• Integrated teaching technology in all classrooms
• Recording studio to support LeBow College’s online programs
• Extensive areas for students to gather socially and for collaborative study, including student collaboration rooms, two quiet study areas, and 3,500 square feet of student social space
• EMBA Alumni Lounge for the exclusive use of EMBA alumni
• Behavioral Studies Lab
• Starbucks
• Green Globe certifiable, meeting worldwide sustainability standards

Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, and the Finance Trading Lab webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.

Sport Business Faculty