MBA IN SPORTS ADMINISTRATION
The MBA degree requires from 42-45 credits - three (3) credits of graduate preparatory courses, twenty-seven (27) credits of core courses and fifteen (15) credits in Sports Administration.
Graduate preparatory courses may be waived, based on the satisfactory completion of the following undergraduate equivalencies: accounting - six (6) credits, economics - six (6) credits, and/or business statistics - three (3) credits. All courses offered beyond the preparatory courses carry three (3) hours of credit.
M.B.A. Course Requirements (minimum of 42 credits)
Preparatory Courses (if required)
ACC 500 Fundamentals of Accounting
ECO 500 Fundamentals of Economics
BUS 500 Fundamentals of Statistics
Core Courses (27 credits)*
ACC 770 Managerial Accounting
BUS 533 Quantitative Methods for Business
BUS 673 Management Writing and Reporting
BUS 704 Policy, Planning and Strategy Systems
BUS 705 Advanced Information Systems
ECO 534 Managerial Economics for Business Decision-Making
FIN 751 Financial Management
MAN 510 Management Ethics
or
SPO 510 Sports Ethics
MAN 700 Organizational Behavior
Sports Administration Specialization (15 credits)
SPO 717 Seminar and Principles of Sports Administration
SPO 719 Legal Aspects of Sports Administration
AND Three of the following courses, one of which substitutes for BUS 670 in the core courses:
SPO 540 Sports Media and Public Relations
SPO 543 Sports Financial Management
SPO 544 Sports Marketing and Promotion
SPO 546 Facility and Event Management
SPO 547 Principles of Leisure Services Management
SPO 548 Sports Psychology
SPO 549 Athletic Fund Raising
SPO 551 Negotiations in the Sports Industry
SPO 552 Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics
SPO 750 Issues in Sports Administration
SPO 755 Special Topics in Sports Administration
SPO 790 Supervised Internship
*The core requirements for the MBA in Sports administration do not include BUS 670 (Advanced Operations Management).
Students are required to maintain a 3.0 (B) cumulative grade point average at all times for continuation in the program. Failure to register for two consecutive terms results in withdrawal from the University. Passing a Comprehensive Examination is required for graduation. All other graduate academic policies apply.