Sport Management (BA)
Description
The Sport Management degree program offers a comprehensive and contemporary experiential education that prepares students to advance in various careers within the dynamic and evolving sport industry. This mission is achieved by:
- Providing education with practical application that prepares students to thrive in numerous sport contexts and careers.
- Establishing relationships with a diverse range of sport organizations (e.g., professional, collegiate, private, public, non-profit) that result in field experience opportunities and innovative courses to benefit students.
- Offering flexibility in course format (e.g. on campus, online) to accommodate students' learning preferences.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| MATH 1210 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Human Biology with Lab | 4 | |
| Inquiry Into Life: Human Biology and Inquiry into Life Laboratory I | ||
or BISC 1100 | Human Biology: An Integrated Exploration | |
OR | ||
| Biological Sciences I and Biological Sciences I Laboratory | ||
| Additional Science with Lab | 4 | |
The biology course(s) used to satisfy the Human Biology requirement above may not also be used to satisfy this requirement. | ||
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
Physics | ||
Astronomy 1312 or 2312 | ||
| Select six hours of humanities: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History (3 hours required) | ||
or ENGL 2221 | Survey of World Literature to 1650 | |
or ENGL 2222 | Survey of World Literature since 1650 | |
or ENGL 2223 | Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | |
or ENGL 2224 | Survey of American Lit since Civil War | |
or ENGL 2225 | Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | |
or ENGL 2226 | Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | |
| African American Experience I | ||
| African American Experience II | ||
Classics | ||
History | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
SSTU 1000-level | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Select three hours in the area of fine or performing arts from the following: 3 | 3 | |
Art History | ||
Music | ||
Dance | ||
Theatre Arts | ||
| Introduction to Western Art | ||
| Art Beyond the West | ||
| Global Art: Prehistory to 1500 | ||
| Global Art: 1300 to the Present | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Six hours of social or behavioral science: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Introductory Sociology | ||
| Total Hours | 32 | |
- 1
Not CHEM 1010 Chemical Concepts
- 2
ENGL 2220 Survey in Literary History - ENGL 2226 Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period
- 3
Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Acceptable freshman or sophomore-level courses are: ARTH 1010 Introduction to Western Art, ARTH 1020 Art Beyond the West, ARTH 2010 Global Art: Prehistory to 1500, ARTH 2020 Global Art: 1300 to the Present; MUSC 1010 Introduction to Music Literature, MUSC 1020 Fundamentals of Music Theory, MUSC 1030 Introduction to Music, MUSC 1040 Introduction to World Music Cultures, MUSC 1050 Music Theory and Analysis I; DANC 2000 Dance Appreciation; and THEA 2010 Appreciation of the Theatre.
General Education II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select a statistics course from the following: | 3 | |
| Statistics in Criminal Justice | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Economic Statistics I | ||
| Economic Statistics I | ||
| Statistics for Behavioral Sciences | ||
| WRIT 2500 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| GBUS 3700 | Entrepreneurship and Management | 3 |
| CSCI 1001 | Office Applications | 3 |
| SPCH 1020 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| 15 hours of electives must have an SPTM prefix. | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPTM 1940 | Foundations of Sport Management | 3 |
| SPTM 2110 | Sport Marketing | 3 |
| SPTM 2250 | Design and Maintenance of Facilities | 3 |
| SPTM 2700 | The Business of Sport | 3 |
| SPTM 3300 | Sport Governance and Policy | 3 |
| SPTM 3700 | Sport Economics and Finance | 3 |
| SPTM 4750 | Legal Aspects of Sport | 3 |
| SPTM 3900 | Experiential Learning in Sport Managemen | 9-12 |
| Total Hours | 30-33 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended Electives | ||
| PSYC 3110 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| or NAHM 3230 | Human Development Across the Lifespan | |
| ACCY 2010 | Introduction to Accounting Principles I | 3 |
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| PBHL 1910 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| PBHL 2030 | First Aid and CPR | 3 |
| SPTM 3100 | Athlete Development and Well-being | 3 |
| SPTM 3160 | Christianity and Sport | 3 |
| SPTM 3610 | Study USA in Sport Management | 3-6 |
| SPTM 3620 | Study Abroad in Sport Management | 3-6 |
| SPTM 3750 | Recreational Sports Programming | 3 |
| SPTM 3999A | Special Topics in Sport Management | 3 |
| SPTM 4900 | Independent Study | 3 |
| SPTM 5000 | Issues & Trends in Sport | 3-9 |
| EDHE 1005 | Freshman Year Experience | 3 |
| ENTR 3170 | Social Influencing in Sport | 3 |
| EXSC 5420 | Sports Psychology | 3 |
| NAHM 3210 | Sports Tourism | 3 |
| SJNM 3660 | Sports Writing | 3 |
| SJNM 3720 | Sports Announcing | 3 |
| SJNM 3740 | Sports Photography | 3 |
Other Academic Requirements
Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.5 in the SPTM core courses presented for their degree.
At least 40 hours of coursework in the general education, support courses, core requirements, and elective hours must be at the 3000-level or above.