BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: SPORT MANAGEMENT
Overview | Sport Management
If you are looking for a strong foundation in business and sport management concepts, Maranatha’s Sport Management degree is for you. Courses include marketing, promotion, sales, societal issues in sports, ethical issues in sports, event planning and production, facility management, sports financing, and business law. This unique blend of studies is designed to cover a wide variety of full-time employment opportunities. In the United States alone, sport management is a multi-billion dollar industry that offers thousands of exciting job possibilities.
Program Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of sport management terminology and concepts.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to solve sport management problems.
- Students will demonstrate skill in writing and oral communication.
- Students will demonstrate expertise in using technology.
- Students will demonstrate Christian character and application of Biblical principles.
Suggested Course Schedule
Semester 1
Introduction to Sport Management (2)
Introduction to Business & Management (3)
Computer Applications (3)
Old Testament Survey (3)
English Composition 1 (3)
The Modern World (3)
Total Credits: 17
Semester 2
Sport and Society (2)
Business Communication (3)
Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2)
New Testament Survey (3)
English Composition 2 (3)
Science Elective (3)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 1
Leadership and Ethics in Sport (3)
Principles of Accounting 1 (3)
Principles of Management (3)
Principles of Marketing (3)
Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism (3)
Total Credits: 15
Semester 2
Microeconomics (3)
Principles of Accounting 2 (3)
Probability & Statistics (3)
Baptist Heritage (3)
Literature Elective (3)
Total Credits: 15
Semester 1
Business Finance (3)
Event Planning and Production or Business Elective (3)
Business Law 1 (3)
Macroeconomics (3)
Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)
Concentration (3)
Total Credits: 18
Semester 2
Sport Marketing & Public Relations or Facilities
Design and Management (3)
Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)
Concentration (3)
Music Elective (2)
American Studies Elective (3)
Open Elective (2)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 1
Event Planning and Production or Business Elective (3)
Business Strategy (3)
Business Elective (2)
Concentration (3)
Bible Elective (3)
Open Elective (2)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 2
Sport Marketing & Public Relations or Facilities
Design and Management (3)
Business Capstone & Entrepreneuership (3)
Concentration (3)
Bible Elective (3)
Open Elective (3)
Total Credits: 15
Related Majors
Physical Education & Health
Digital Media Marketing
Business Management
Related Minors
Accounting Management
Coaching
Business Management
Potential Career Fields
Interscholastic athletic administrator
Youth, amateur, and recreational sport administrator
Sport promoter/marketer
Professional athlete representative
Sports information director
*Some careers and employment positions require graduate degrees,
specialized training, or addtional certification and licenses.
Alumni Spotlight
MBU Program Faculty
Jeff Drost
School of Business | Professor
Ph.D. Organizational Leadership, Regent University
MS Business Management, Cardinal Stritch University
BM, Graduate School of Banking, University of Madison
BS Business Management, Cardinal Stritch University
Joel Borchardt
School of Business | Assistant Professor
MS Sport Management: Sport Administration, Liberty University
BA Science Education, Maranatha Baptist University
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