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MAJOR IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT


40 hours

  • sports management courses (22 hours)
  • required business courses (18 hours)
  • support courses, as recommended (9 hours)


REQUIRED SPORTS MANAGEMENT COURSES

SM 250 Introduction to Sports Management
SM 251 Sports Facilities, Planning and Management
SM 291 Field Experience in Sports Management  *
SM 340 Legal Aspects and Liability of Sport
SM 342 Sports Marketing and Fundraising
SM 470 Ethics, Issues, and Problems in Sports
SMPE 485 Organization and Administration of Sports
SM 499 Internship in Sports Management  *


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REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES

AC 251 Principles of Accounting I
AC 252 Principles of Accounting II
EC 232 Principles of Microeconomics    or
EC 233 Principles of Macroeconomics
MGT 331 Principles of Management
MKT 331 Principles of Marketing
MGT 332 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Business

RECOMMENDED SUPPORT COURSES/SKILLS
COM 120 Public Speaking
IT 120 Management Information Systems
FIN 362
Principles of Finance
*Students may take up to 3 hours in Field Experience in Sport Management and up to 6 hours in Internship in Sport Management
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MINOR IN COACHING

A student must complete 15 hours of the following:
First Aid/CPR
Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Organization and Administration of Athletics and Sports
Psychology of Sport

 
SELECT TWO METHODS COURSES

PE 291-1

Methods of Coaching: Basketball

PE 291-2

Methods of Coaching: Softball/Baseball

PE 291-3

Methods of Coaching: Soccer

PE 291-4

Methods of Coaching: Football

PE 291-5

Methods of Coaching: Volleyball

PE 291-6

Methods of Coaching: Golf, Tennis

PE 291-7

Methods of Coaching: Teaching Sport Activities
     
SELECT TWO SPORTS/FITNESS COURSES

PE 139

Weight Training/Physical Conditioning

PE 246

Varsity Sport  (basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, football, baseball)

PE 145

Sport (varies)

PE 146

Fitness (varies)
For more information contact Darrell Phipps, at phippsd@stmary.edu
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"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing…:

Vince Lombardi
Legendary Packers Head Coach, from his “#1 Speech”
 
 
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