Sports Leadership and Management Minor

This interdisciplinary minor provides students with a foundational business skill set that facilitates students' interest in careers in the sports management industry and with corporations who have partnerships and client relations with sports organizations. It has a primary focus on leadership in the sports industry, and specifically (as consistent with the University mission) leadership that is ethics-based.

For a 15-credit Sports and Leadership Management minor, students complete the following:

MGMT 3240Leading and Managing People3
MGMT 4375Sports Management3
Select three electives from the following: 19
Introduction to Sports Broadcasting
Sports, Media, and Culture
Economics of Sport
Managing Human Resources
Negotiations and Dispute Resolution
Performance, Compensation, and Reward
Sports Marketing
Total Credits15

Notes:

Management majors may not double-count courses for the Management major for any of the 3 electives. However, MGMT 3240 Leading and Managing People does double-count as a required course for both the Management major and the Sports Leadership and Management minor.

Students that minor in Sports Leadership and Management can not declare a major in sports business.