Sport Management
The sports industry is a global industry, counting North America as one of its largest markets. By 2023, projections show the North American sports industry’s value increasing to more than $80 billion. Such a booming industry has a lot of moving parts. Along with the focus on players, teams, and fans, sports organizations must also focus on marketing, merchandising, sponsorships, as well as legal, business, and logistics operations.
Some of the biggest opportunities in the sports industry are around creating engaging, and high-value opportunities for fan, spectator, and fitness experiences, including:
- High-tech recreational gear at reasonable prices
- Ticket packages and benefits
- Exercise and fitness programs
- Fitness equipment with high-tech features and innovative design
Starting your professional career with a degree in sport management can give you a broad understanding of the industry, and help you develop a wide range of skills across one of the fastest growing and most lucrative industries today.
You can choose to major or minor in Sport Management.
Learn how to:
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Navigate the competitive global sport environment
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Demonstrate working knowledge of governance and regulations of sport organizations
750+ Course Options
The Coppin State University Academic Catalog has a wide variety of skill-building courses designed to inspire and prepare you to be in-demand professionals and transformational leaders.
Score Your Career Goals
Our sport management program supports students in gaining the managerial and operational experience in health, fitness, and sport management fields. You’ll also learn to understand and navigate personnel management and supervisory dynamics. This program also offers 2 specializations where you can acquire the knowledge, skills, and manners to launch professional careers:
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Sport Administration
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Athletic Training Management
With courses in sport governance and history, facility and equipment operations, event management, sports, community recreation and fitness, ethics and law, as well as organization and administration of recreation, students gain the theoretical knowledge they can apply on and off the field. This program also provides hands-on learning experiences through a practicum and internship in the professional sports community.
There is more information about major requirements in the Program Requirements section on this page.
What does a Sport Management degree prepare me to do?
Whether you want to be behind the scenes or out on the field, you can find your place in the sport industry. Careers in law, operations, logistics, marketing, management, and health and fitness are all possible within this field.
Program Requirements
To graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management, students must complete 120 credit hours. These credit hours split among:
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General Education Requirements, or GERs (40 credits)
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College of Business courses (42 credits)
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Core courses (24 credits)
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Electives (13 credits)
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Coppin-specific requirements (1 credit)
General Education Requirements (GERs)
Students must complete 40 GER credits. Specifically for Sport Management majors, your program plan should also include:
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MATH 131, College Algebra: Math and Sciences, to satisfy the math GER
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ECON 211, Principles of Economics I, to satisfy the second social science GER
College of Business Requirements (42 credits)
| Course | Credits | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | 3 | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| ACCT 202 | 3 | Principle of Managerial Accounting |
| BDSC 322 | 3 | Business Statistics |
| BDSC 340 | 3 | Operations Management |
| ECON 211 | 3 | Principles of Economics I |
| ECON 212 | 3 | Principles of Economic II |
| FINM 330 | 3 | Principles of Business Finance |
| MGMT 305 | 3 | Business Communications |
| MGMT 320 | 3 | Principles of Management |
| BUSI 310 | 3 | Business Law |
| BUSI 495 | 3 | Seminar in Business Strategy and Policy |
| MISY 341 | 3 | Small Systems Software |
| MKTG 310 | 3 | Principles of Marketing |
| BUSI 320 | 3 | International Business |
Sports Administration Core Courses (24 credits)
| Course | Credits | Name |
|---|---|---|
| SPMT 101 | 3 | Introduction to Sport Management |
| SPMT 360 | 3 | Facility, Equipment, and Event Management |
| SPMT 350 | 3 | Leadership and Management of Sports |
| SPMT 308 | 3 | Sport Communications |
| RECR 331 | 3 | Community Recreation and Fitness |
| SPMT 332 | 3 | Sports, Ethics, and the Law |
| SPMT 435 | 3 | Organization and Administration of Recreation |
| SPMT 405 | 3 | Internship/Field Work in Sport Management |
Athletic Training Management Core Courses (30 credits)
| Course | Credits | Name |
|---|---|---|
| SPMT 101 | 3 | Introduction to Sport Management |
| HEED 205 | 2 | Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Control |
| KNES 202 | 3 | Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries |
| KNES 301 | 3 | Kinesiology |
| KNES 302 | 3 | Physiology of Exercise |
| KNES 322 | 3 | Pathology of Athletic Injuries |
| KNES 333 | 4 | Biomechanics |
| BIOL 201 | 4 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I |
| BIOL 203 | 4 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
| SPMT 400 | 6 | Sport Management Practicum (Seniors Only) |
Sample Course Plan
Be sure to connect with your academic advisor to plan your semester courses. The plan below is just an example—your journey may have different requirements.
Fall Semester (16 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 101 | 3 | English Composition I |
| MATH 131 | 3 | College Algebra |
| SPCH 105 | 3 | Introduction to Speech Communication |
| HIST 201 | 3 | History I |
| ORIE 101 | 1 | Freshman Seminar |
| MISY 150 | 3 | Technology Fluency |
Spring Semester (15 credits)
| course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 102 | 3 | English Composition II |
| HIST 202 | 3 | History II |
| PHSC 101 | 3 | Physical Science |
| PHIL 102 | 3 | Introduction to Logic |
| XXXX xxx | 3 | General Elective |
Fall Semester (16 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| XXXX xxx | 3 | Art/Humanities Elective |
| ECON 103 | 3 | Introduction to Entrepreneurial Economics |
| BIOL 101 | 4 | Biological Science |
| PSYC 201 | 3 | General Psychology |
| SMPT 101 | 3 | Sports Governance and History |
Spring Semester (15 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| WLIT 207 | 3 | World Literature |
| XXXX xxx | 3 | General Elective |
| ACCT 201 | 3 | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| SPMT 360 | 3 | Facility, Equipment, and Event Management |
| ECON 211 | 3 | Principles of Economics I |
Fall Semester (15 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| MKTG 310 | 3 | Principles of Marketing |
| ACCT 202 | 3 | Principles of Managerial Accounting |
| MGMT 305 | 3 | Business Communication |
| SPMT 350 | 3 | Leadership and Management of Sports |
| BUSI 310 | 3 | Business Law |
Spring Semester (15 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| SPMT 308 | 3 | Media Relations in Sport |
| RECR 331 | 3 | Community Recreation and Fitness |
| FINM 330 | 3 | Principles of Business Finance |
| MGMT 320 | 3 | Principles of Management |
| BDSC 322 | 3 | Business Statistics |
Fall Semester (15 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| MISY 341 | 3 | Small Systems Software |
| SPMT 332 | 3 | Sports, Ethics, and the Law |
| BDSC 340 | 3 | Operations and Production Management |
| BUSI 320 | 3 | Fundamentals of International Business |
| SPMT 435 | 3 | Organization and Administration of Recreation |
Spring Semester (13 credits)
| Course | credits | name |
|---|---|---|
| SPMT 405 | 3 | Sport Management Internship |
| BUSI 495 | 3 | Seminar in Business Strategy and Policy |
| XXXX xxx | 4 | General Elective |
| XXXX xxx | 3 | General Elective |
Sport Management is in the Department of Management and Marketing in the College of Business.