Sport Management program

ESS 110 Introduction to Sport Management This course exposes students to the profession of sport management. The course provides a broad overview of the sport industry, covers fundamental knowledge and skill sets of the sport manager, and provides students with information on specific sport industry segments for potential employment and career choices. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 421 Sport Operations and Event Management This course is designed to introduce students to principles and procedures for preparing, planning, operating, managing, and evaluating an event in sports settings. Grounded in a practical experience, students engage in all aspects of running a sport event. Students reflect upon their personal experience in the class and examine not only how they work as an individual, but also as part of a larger group. Application of learning is made to various sport levels and organizations. Prerequisite: admission to exercise sport science - sport management emphasis; junior standing. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 450 Exercise and Sport Science Internship The internship is designed to be a terminal experience for students majoring in fitness or sport management (12 credits) emphases with an intensive supervised practical work experience. Prerequisite: fitness and sport management majors: all course work for the appropriate major must be completed and a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.75. Pass/Fail grading. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

ESS 144 Ethics and Leadership in Sport Exploration of the current ethical issues in contemporary sport. This course utilizes current sport events to analyze the ethical implications of decisions made by athletes, coaches, sport managers, and sport organizations during points of crisis or critique. Building upon this ethical foundation, current trends in organizational sport leadership are introduced to develop a more sophisticated understanding of workplace dynamics. Course content includes, but not limited to topics such as cheating and gamesmanship, doping, sport and education, college sport, paying college athletes, youth sport, sportsmanship, concussions, gambling and sport betting, violence in sport, multinational sport organizations and global sport institutions. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 320 Field Experience in Sport Management This course provides a practical experience in a sport management setting. Experiences may include sport event facilitation, budget preparation and monitoring, preparing contracts, checking eligibility, and marketing and promotion. Repeatable for credit - maximum six credits. Prerequisite: admission into exercise sport science major - sport management emphasis. Offered Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer.

ESS 373 Media and Public Relations in Sport Management This course is designed to acquaint students with media and public relations (PR) practices that are incorporated in sport management. Included in the class are the responsibilities and issues that sport managers face on a daily basis such as PR management, crisis management, interviews and media releases, legal and ethical dilemmas, and the production of sport media relations tools. The course emphasizes practical application of sport media and PR. Prerequisite: admission to exercise sports science plan - sport management emphasis. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 407 Sport Management and Society This course is designed to provide a foundation of the social, cultural, and psychological aspects that are represented in U.S. sport culture. Students gain an understanding of how various identities affect the equitable or inequitable distribution of resources, influence, and prestige within particular sports, programs, and/or individuals in athletics, physical education, and fitness. Students learn to identify current structural, ideological, and ethical issues in sport and how to develop potential solutions to inequities. Prerequisite: admission to exercise sport science major - sport management emphasis; junior standing. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 410 Legal Implications of Sport This course addresses the legal aspects for the operation and administration of sport and athletic programs. Prerequisite: admission to the exercise and sport science - sport management major or a declared exercise and sport science - kinesiology major. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 445 Planning Facilities for Physical Activity and Sport This course introduces students to the planning, design, development, and management for schools, athletic clubs, fitness centers, professional organizations, and other sport entities. Prerequisite: admission to exercise sport science - sport management emphasis; junior standing. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 447 Administration in Fitness and Sport This course covers principles of administrative theory and practice in the fitness and sport industry, including general administrative functions, public relations, personnel, budget and finance, facility management, and evaluation techniques. Prerequisite: admission to the exercise and sport science - sport management major or a declared exercise and sport science - kinesiology major. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 448 Promotion and Development of Fitness and Sport Programs This course provides an understanding of the sport product and the application of the principles of promotion and marketing in the sport and fitness industry. Primary focus is on utilizing marketing theories and foundational principles to aid sport organizations. Prerequisite: MKT 309; admission to exercise sport science - sport management major or declared exercise sport science - kinesiology major. Offered Fall, Spring.

ESS 449 Seminar in Fitness/Sports Management An in-depth orientation to the required senior internship experience. Required course to be taken one semester prior to internship. Prerequisite: GPA of 2.75 (cumulative and major); admission to the exercise sports science major - fitness or sport management emphasis; senior standing. Offered Fall, Spring.