BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | 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
Intro. to Sport Management (2)
Intro. to Business & Management (3)
Computer Applications (3)
Old Testament Survey (3)
English Composition 1 (3)
The Modern World (3)
Total Credits: 17
Semester 2
New Testament Survey (3)
English Composition 2 (3)
Sport and Society (2)
Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2)
Science Elective (3)
Math Elective (3)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 1
Leadership and Ethics in Sport (3)
Org. & Admin. of Athletics & P.E. (3)
Principles of Accounting 1 (3)
Principles of Marketing (3)
Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism (3)
Total Credits: 15
Semester 2
Financing Sport Operations (3)
Campus Sport Management Practicum (1)
Principles of Accounting 2 (3)
Business Communication (3)
Baptist Heritage (3)
Literature Elective (3)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 1
Principles of Management (3)
Recreation Management Practicum (1)
Business Law 1 (3)
Macroeconomics (3)
Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)
Sport Marketing and Public Relations (3)
Total Credits: 16
Semester 2
Facilities Design and Management (3)
Athletic Administration Practicum (1)
Microeconomics (3)
Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)
Business Elective (3)
Music Elective (2)
Open Elective (2)
Total Credits: 17
Semester 1
Event Planning and Production (3)
Bible Elective (3)
American Studies Elective (3)
Busines Elective (0-3)
Open Elective (6)
Total Credits: 15-18
Semester 2
Internship (6-9)
Bible Elective (3)
Open Elective (4)
Total Credits: 13-16
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 | Associate Professor
Credentials
Doctoral Candidate, Regent University
BM, Graduate School of Banking, University of Madison
BS Business Management, Cardinal Stritch University
Keith Salscheider
School of Business | Assistant Professor
Credentials
MS Athletic Administration, Edgewood College
BA Sport Management, St. Cloud State University
Tracy Foster
School of Business | Associate Professor
Credentials
DBA, Walden University
MBA, Syracuse University
BS, Montana State University
CPA, CGMA, and CDFM-A
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