Program Overview

Program Overview

The Sport Management program offers a comprehensive range of courses designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the sport industry. The program includes a variety of departmental courses, each with its own unique focus and credit value.

Course List

• HLP 6515: Evaluation Procedures in Health and Human Performance (3 credits)
• HLP 6535: Research Methods in Health and Human Performance (3 credits)
• HLP 6911: Research Seminar (1 credit)
• HLP 6935: Variable International Topics (1-6 credits)
• HLP 7939: HHP PhD Professional Development Seminar (3 credits)
• HLP 7979: Advanced Research in Health and Human Performance (1-12 credits)
• HLP 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15 credits)
• PET 5185: High-Performance Coaching: Priority Alignment (3 credits)
• PET 5186: High-Performance Coaching: Exploring Team Dynamics (3 credits)
• PET 5187: High-Performance Coaching: Creating Winning Environments (3 credits)
• PET 5188: High-Performance Coaching: Building Character through Sport (3 credits)
• PET 5766: High-Performance Coaching: Leadership through a Sport Lens (3 credits)
• PET 6177: Athlete-Centered Coaching and Leadership (3 credits)
• SPM 5016: Sport Sociology (3 credits)
• SPM 5107: Sport Event Management: Principles and Applications (3 credits)
• SPM 5181: Athlete Development (3 credits)
• SPM 5185: Name, Image, and Likeness: Amateur Athletes as Brands (3 credits)
• SPM 5205: Environmental Sustainability and Sports (3 credits)
• SPM 5206: Sport Ethics (3 credits)
• SPM 5207: Sport Sponsorship (3 credits)
• SPM 5309: Sport Marketing (3 credits)
• SPM 5405: Sport Mass Media (3 credits)
• SPM 5506: Sport Finance (3 credits)
• SPM 5518: Nonprofit Management in Sport (3 credits)
• SPM 5726: Sport Business Law (3 credits)
• SPM 5936: Current Topics in Sport Management (1-3 credits)
• SPM 6036: Research Seminar in Sport Management (3 credits)
• SPM 6106: Management and Planning of Sport and Physical Activity Facilities (3 credits)
• SPM 6158: Management and Leadership in Sport (3 credits)
• SPM 6308: Study of Sport Consumer Behaviors (3 credits)
• SPM 6326: Sport Marketing Analytics (3 credits)
• SPM 6606: Management of Olympic Games Functional Areas (3 credits)
• SPM 6610: Sport Events and Community Development (3 credits)
• SPM 6721: Advanced Sport Law (3 credits)
• SPM 6726: Issues in Sport Law (3 credits)
• SPM 6727: The Application of Fair Competition Laws to Sport Management (3 credits)
• SPM 6905: Directed Independent Study (1-6 credits)
• SPM 6910: Supervised Research (1-6 credits)
• SPM 6947: Graduate Internship in Sport Management (3-9 credits)
• SPM 6948: Advanced Practicum in Sport Management (1-3 credits)
• SPM 6971: Research for Master's Thesis (1-15 credits)
• SPM 7750: Theories in Sport Management (3 credits)
• SPM 7900: Readings in Sport Management (3 credits)