Course Descriptions

MS Sport Management Course Descriptions

SPRT 6100 - Core Practicum Capstone (1) Students gain the knowledge and tools to effectively manage their own careers. Topics include career development timelines and strategies, building and leveraging a professional network, and developing a personal career action plan. Prerequisite: SPRT 6420. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Sport Management (MSSM) program.

SPRT 6220 - Sport Organizational Design (2) Covers sport organizational design alternatives and their relationships to corporate objectives, with a focus on theoretical models of organization and their efficacy in meeting the needs of modern sport organizations. Examines contemporary issues and their impact on organizations.

SPRT 6221 - Sports Law (2) Enables students to expand their knowledge of some of the laws, rules, and regulations that apply to the sport industry and affect the work-setting of sport organizations. Covers sports law issues in professional and amateur sports, including tort and contract law, Title IX, drug testing, NCAA compliance, and the role of amateurism and agents.

SPRT 6222 - Case Studies in Sports Law (2) Addresses the often unique manner in which substantive law applies to the business of sports, with a focus on case law such as antitrust law, constitutional law, contract law, intellectual property law, Title IX, and tort law.

SPRT 6223 - Sports Sponsorship (2) Students gain an understanding of sports sponsorship, sponsor prospecting, sponsor needs, and the financial implications of sponsorship decisions. Includes an overview of various sports marketing strategies used in meeting the needs of consumers and the ways sport is used in the marketing of sport-related products.

SPRT 6224 - Case Studies in Sports Sponsor (2) Students gain the knowledge and tools to effectively manage their own careers. Topics include career development timelines and strategies, building and leveraging a professional network, and developing a personal career action plan. Prerequisite: SPRT 6420. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Sport Management (MSSM) program.

SPRT 6225 - Advanced Sport Communication (2) Students gain the knowledge and tools to effectively manage their own careers. Topics include career development timelines and strategies, building and leveraging a professional network, and developing a personal career action plan. Prerequisite: SPRT 6420. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Sport Management (MSSM) program.

SPRT 6226 - Research Design in Sport Mgmt (2) Concepts and skills needed to effectively read and apply research in sport management to real-world problems.

SPRT 6227 - Sports Facility Management (2) Concepts of sports facility planning, organizational development, and operations management. Provides an advanced overview and dissemination of the sport facility management industry. Topics include strategic planning, budgeting, staff management, marketing, revenue development, and operations.

SPRT 6228 - Ethics in Sport (2) Recognition and insightful resolution of ethical dilemmas confronting modern sport organizations.

SPRT 6420 - Core Practicum MSSM (4) Students gain the knowledge and tools necessary to enter the highly competitive sports industry. They explore the various segments within the sport and allied-sport industries and learn how to identify a career focus, determine options, build and leverage a professional network, develop a job search plan, and manage their own careers. Students assess their skills, competencies, and interests; learn how to research internships and jobs; choose careers appropriate for their skills, competencies, and interests; and market themselves to prospective employers. Students participate in experiential learning activities. Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from off-campus site visits and/or events. Prerequisite: Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Sport Management (MSSM) program.

SPRT 6430 - Internship (4) This 200-hour internship provides an experiential learning opportunity in the sports industry and the ability to apply concepts learned in the classroom to real-world settings.

Total Credit Hours From Simmons: 27

COX Business and Management Course Descriptions (credit hours)

ACCT 6201 - Financial Accounting I (2) This course introduces students to the fundamentals of preparing and understanding financial statements targeted to external users.

FINA 6201 - Managerial Finance (2) An analysis of the basic problems in corporate financial management. The course is organized around the theme of asset valuation. Topics covered include stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, market efficiency, and company valuation. 

MAST 6478 - Data Analytics (4) Develops a fundamental understanding of data and its applications to business. Focuses on solving problems, including recognizing which statistical methodology to use and applying the methodology. Students become comfortable with statistical methods for analyzing data and learn how to use statistics to help make better business decisions. These goals are achieved by discussing/solving problems in class and by working similar problems for homework. Many of the courses students take during the MBA program use and build on the statistical techniques covered in this class.

MNO 6201 - Organizational Behavior (2)  Strengthens the skills students need to become effective leaders. Topics include transitioning successfully from individual contributor to effective leader, motivating others for peak performance, identifying traps that prevent effective decision-making, acquiring skills to manage conflict, identifying strategies for becoming a person of influence, and navigating through dilemmas associated with performance management.

Total Credit Hours From COX: 10

Total Program Hours: 37