The Sport Management program at Cazenovia College prepares students for a number of interesting and exciting career opportunities in the sport industry – from youth to scholastic to collegiate to professional sport management and marketing, from event and facility management to sport agency. The Sport Management curriculum combines both classroom learning and internship experiences that help broaden the students’ understanding, as well as experiential and networking opportunities.
This program is fully accredited through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. Please click here to learn more about our accreditation status and to review the Annual Report to IACBE.
Goals:
• To explore the wide variety of career paths available to students in the Sport Management field;
• To offer relevant courses that will prepare Sport Management students for the current sport industry marketplace; and
• To present Sport Management students with a broad range of internship opportunities that will give them the chance to explore different avenues of the sport industry while offering them the opportunity to network with a number of sport management professionals.
Special Features:
Through a nine-credit-hour internship component, students gain a better understanding of the true responsibilities of the sport management professional.
Career Opportunities:
- Professional sports team and league administration and management
- College and high school athletic department and conference administration and management
- Amateur sport organization management
- Public and private recreational agency management
- Facility and club management
- Sport marketing and event promotions
- Sport event management
- Sporting goods sales and management
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
Course (Credits)
See Degree Requirements: General Education requirements (33)
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Information Literacy:
BU 473 Business Research Methods (3)
Senior Capstone: BU 495 Senior Capstone (3)
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS - 39
PROGRAM COURSES
Art & Sciences Courses
Course (Credits)
HG 131 Macroeconomics (3)
HG 132 Microeconomics (3)
SB 130 Introduction to Sociology (3)
SB 358/SP 364 Sport in Society (3)
SM 261 Statistics (3)
Total Arts & Sciences Program Credits - 15
Career Courses
Course (Credits)
AC 331 Financial Accounting (3)
AC 332 Managerial Accounting (3)
BU 110 Principles of Management (3)
BU 120 Principles of Marketing (3)
BU 233 Human Resource Management (3)
BU 363 Business Law and Ethics (3)
BU 481 Business Management Internship (3)
HE 110 Community First Aid & Safety (1)
IM 120 Introduction to Computers or IM 121,122,123 (1 credit each) (3)
SP 118 Introduction to Sport Management (3)
SP 253 Facility and Event Management (3)
SP 257 Organization and Administration of Sport (3)
SP 269 Current Issues in Sport Management (3)
SP 328 Sport Marketing/Promotions/Sales (3)
SP 355 Financing Sport Operations (3)
SP 368 Legal Issues in Sport (3)
SP 488 Sport Management Internship (6)
Total Career Program Credits - 52
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS - 67
ELECTIVES
Open Electives
Course (Credits)
100-400 level (12)
300/400 level (3)
Total Open Elective Credits - 15
TOTAL ELECTIVE CREDITS - 15
TOTAL CREDITS FOR DEGREE - 121
Contact Information:
Michelle Brimecombe
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Sport Management
7 Nickerson St.
Phone: (315) 655-7992
Email: mjbrimecombe
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