Sport Management
Michael D. Veley, Director and Chair, 810 Nottingham Road, 315-443-9881.
The academically rigorous Sport Management curriculum combines department-specific courses with professional electives and liberal arts requirements, providing students with the tools to pursue a career or graduate study in sport management. Coursework covers such areas as marketing, management, communications, societal influences and impacts, ethics, and law. The 124-credit program allows students to pursue specializations or minors and tailor their studies according to their professional interests. The required 12-credit capstone provides students with valuable industry experience.
B.S. Degree in Sport Management
Communication Skills (9 credits)
Quantitative Skills (6 credits)
Natural science and mathematics division (10-11 credits)
NSD 225
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Nutrition in Health |
3 |
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Lab Science |
4 |
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Natural Science elective |
3 or 4 |
Humanities division (9 credits)
Social science division (12 credits)
| PSY 205 |
Foundations of Human Behavior |
3 |
ECN 203
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Economic Ideas and Issues
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3 |
SOC 367
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Sociology of Sport |
3 |
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Social Science elective |
3 |
Global Diversity (6 credits)
General skills (4 credits)
HSH 101
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First-Year Gateway |
1 |
| ACC 201 |
Introduction to Accounting for non-Management Students |
3 |
Program Requirements (43 credits)
SPM 200
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Selected Topics: Careers in Sports
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1 |
| SPM 205 |
Principles and Contemporary Issues in Sport Management |
3 |
| SPM 215 |
Principles of Sales in Sports |
3 |
| SPM 225 |
Managing the Sports Organization
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3 |
| SPM 295 |
Research Methodology |
3 |
| SPM 300 |
Selected Topics: Technology in Sport |
3 |
| SPM 315 |
Sport Finance |
3 |
| SPM 325 |
Sport Communications |
3 |
| SPM 395 |
Psycho-Social Issues in Sports |
3 |
| SPM 415 |
Sport Law
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3 |
SPM 444
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Sport Marketing Management
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3 |
| SPM 455 |
Senior Sport Management Capstone |
12 |
Electives: (minimum 25 credits)
Total Credits:
124
Students are strongly encouraged to take a minor or an area of specialization comprising at least 18 credits in a single department other than sport management. At least 12 of these credits must be in courses at or above the 300 level. This minor or area of specialization may include courses taken to fulfill requirements other than the major.
Students must take enough credits in electives to complete the 124 credits required for graduation. These electives may be taken in any school or college within the University. No more than four credits may be in physical education.
Sport Management Minor
The 18 credit minor in Sport Management is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a career path in the sport industry along with their chosen major. Students selecting this minor in sport management should have an interest in learning more about the social, economic, business, legal, and ethical aspects of the sport industry.
Applicants are admitted on a space-available basis. To be eligible, students must:
a) have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above;
b) complete a minimum of 30 credits at Syracuse University in courses graded A-F;
c) have successfully completed COM 107 as a prerequisite into the SPM minor (COM 107 is open to the University community spring semester only);
d) submit an application;
e) submit a three-page written essay explaining their plan of study and industry focus to the minor coordinator in Sport Management;
f) declare a minor no later than the first semester of their junior year.
Required core courses (12 credits)
| SPM 205 |
Principles of Sport Management (prereq for all SPM courses) |
3 |
| SPM 225 |
Managing Sport Organizations |
3 |
| SPM 215 |
Principles of Sales in Sports or ... |
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| SPM 315 |
Sport Finance |
3 |
| SPM 415 |
Sport Law
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3 |
Two additional courses from any of the following:
| SPM 300 |
Selected Topics: International Sport Relations
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3 |
| SPM 325 |
Sport Communication
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3 |
| SPM 340 |
Sports, Media, and Society
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3 |
| SPM 395 |
Socio-Psychological Issues in Sport |
3 |
| SPM 444 |
Sport Marketing
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3 |