Sports Management
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The Sports Management major is designed for students seeking careers as administrators with professional sports teams or as business analysts with corporations in the sports industry. Some of these students may seek positions as coaches. Graduates will also be prepared to enter master’s programs in sports administration.
Undergraduate Programs
What Can I Do With a Sports Management Degree?
The Sports Management program will provide you with a strong foundation in Management, with additional coursework in sports management and sports law. Majors in this program will be taught by faculty with decades of experience in management and in working with sports at all levels, including the National Football League Players Association. You will also have an opportunity to engage with renowned guest lecturers who work as agents, advisors and legal counsel at various levels of athletics.
Graduates may find careers as/in:
- Coaching
- High School or College Athletic Director
- Athletic facility managers
- Sales and marketing representatives
- Sports law
- Master’s programs in leadership and management
Recent graduates have completed internships with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, University of Pittsburgh athletics, Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Seven Springs Mountain Resort before going on to full-time careers in sports.
Curriculum Requirements
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Requirements for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sports Management
Sports Management Business Core (45 credits)
BA 100 Financial Accounting I (Freshman year) – 3 credits
BA 170* Organizational Behavior (Freshman year) – 3 credits
BA 220 Principles of Marketing (2nd semester Freshman year) – 3 credits
BA 265 Management Information Systems (sophomore year) – 3 credits
BA 305 Business Ethics (junior year preferred) – 3 credits
BA 320 Corporate Finance I (sophomore year) – 3 credits
BA 340 Business Law (junior year) – 3 credits
BA 350+BA350A Statistics I (sophomore year) + Excel Lab – 4 credits
BA 351+BA 351A Statistics II (sophomore year) + Excel Lab– 4 credits
OR EC 360+EC 361 Econometrics + R Lab (sophomore year) – 4 credits
BA 495 Capstone Class: Business Policy and Strategy (senior year) – 3 credits
EC 101 Principles of Microeconomics (Freshman year) – 3 credits
EC 102 Principles of Macroeconomics (Freshman year) – 3 credits
PS 100* Principles of American Politics – 3 credits
MA 109/111* Calculus I (Freshman year) – 4 credits
BA 00P ePortfolio Requirement (semester of graduation--pass/fail) – 0 creditsSports Management Requirements (30 credits)
BA 150 Managerial Accounting – 3 credits
BA 209 Sports Administration – 3 credits
BA 211 Sports Media, Promotion, and Marketing – 3 credits
BA 280 Leadership – 3 credits
BA 332 Human Resource Management – 3 credits
BA 395 or BA 251 Global Marketing or International Business - 3 credits
BA 398 Project Management I – 3 credits
BA 492 Operations Management – 3 credits
CA 285 Digital Layout and Design – 3 credits
PS 385 Sports Law – 3 credits
Job Placements and Careers
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Job Placements and Internships
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
University of Pittsburgh Athletics -
Careers
Athletic Facility Manager
Coaching
College Athletic Director
High School Athletic Director
Marketing Representative
Sales Representative
Sports Lawyer
Accreditations and Affiliations
The McKenna School of Business has seven undergraduate programs and one graduate program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). They are: Accounting, Business Education Information Technology, Business Economics, Finance, International Business, Economics, Management, Marketing and the Master of Science in Management: Operational Excellence graduate program. Three programs in Business Data Analytics (launched Fall 2020), Sports Management (launched Fall 2021) and Business Administration (launched Fall 2021) are in candidacy for accreditation.
With a requirement for faculty professional development (e.g., publications and research) and courses primarily taught by faculty holding doctorates, the ACBSP is the leading business accreditation program devoted to teaching excellence and service to students. Attributable to our ACBSP accreditation, students receive in depth knowledge in 12 business core competency areas: Accounting, Management, Business Ethics, Marketing, Information Systems, Business Finance, the Legal Environment of Business, Statistics, Business Policies, Economics, Quantitative Skills and Global Dimensions in Business.
The McKenna School is also a member of the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration. The Politics and Criminal Justice programs are not accredited through the ACBSP; however, all programs in the McKenna School have regional accreditation through the Middle States Association. The ACBSP is one of the two premier accrediting agencies for business schools worldwide.
Faculty
Jeffrey Godwin, Ph.D.
Professor, Business Administration
jeff.godwin@stvincent.edu
Matthias P. Hühn, Ph.D.
Mary S. Carey Chair in Ethics and Catholic Social Thought
matthias.huehn@stvincent.edu
Rev. William Hisker, Ph.D.
Professor, Business Administration
bill.hisker@stvincent.edu
Robert Markley
Instructor, Business Administration
robert.markley@stvincent.edu
Terrance Smith, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor, Management
terrance.smith@stvincent.edu
Dean, Michael Urick, Ph.D.
Dean, McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government
Professor, Business Administration
michael.urick@stvincent.edu
Mr. Kevin Fields
Instructor, Business Administration
kevin.fields@stvincent.du
Ms. Sue Hozak
Instructor, Business Administration
Mr. Daniel Kunz
Instructor, Politics
Mr. Kevin Manichko
Instructor, Business Administrator