Management, Sports Management Concentration, B.S.

Sports management jobs include athletic director, business development coordinator, contract administrator, contract negotiation manager, event coordination, facilities manager, sports marketer, guest relations manager, corporate partnership manager, sports analytics manager and sports agent. An undergraduate degree in sports management may be sufficient to secure employment at any level, although some positions will require graduate degrees in either law or business administration (MBA).

Required Business Courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
FINC 0207 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles Credits: 3
MGMT 0241 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions Credits: 3
MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior Credits: 3
MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
or ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
MGMT 0338 - International Business Credits: 3
MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management Credits: 3

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 0103 - Speech Credits: 3
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credits: 3 *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106 , Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Sports Management Concentration (18 credits)

Required Courses

Students must take the following courses:

ECON 0322 - The Economics of Sports Credits: 3
MGMT 0303 - Event Planning and Marketing Credits: 3
MGMT 0345 - Sports Management Industry Credits: 3

Elective Courses

Students must choose any three electives from the following courses:

MGMT 0342 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGMT 0343 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credits: 3
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
COMM 0395 - Sports Writing Credits: 3 *
GPS 0218 - Recreation Geography Credits: 3
HIST 0266 - History of Baseball Credits: 3
HIST 0267 - Sports in World History Credits: 3
or HIST 0269 - Sports in American History Credits: 3
MOVP 0117 - Introduction to Adventure Education Credits: 3
MOVP 0220 - Coaching Principles and Practice Credits: 3
MOVP 0292 - Principles of Group Exercise Programming Credits: 3 *
MOVP 0215 - Sports and Exercise Psychology Credits: 3 *
MOVP 0250 - Adventure Education Leadership Credits: 3 *
MOVP 0325 - Women and Sport Credits: 3 *
Any three credits of MOVP skills courses (1 credit each)
*These courses have pre-requisites.

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE or Common Core .