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Isenberg School of Management Department of Sport Management

Degree Requirements

Effective Fall 2007 and for the class of 2011 and all incoming students.

The undergraduate curriculum is designed to create a foundation in economics, business and management so that students can then apply these general principles to the specifics of the sport industry. Students take a core of courses in the Department of Sport Management and the School of Management as well as other departments.

Required Out-of-Department Courses (30 Credits)


  • ECON 103 - Introduction To Microeconomics (SB) OR RES-ECON 102 - Introduction To Resource Economics (SB)

  • ECON 104 - Introduction To Macroeconomics (SB)

  • MATH 121 - Linear Methods and Probability for Business (R2) OR higher level of MATH

  • STATISTC 240 - Introduction To Statistics (R2) OR RES-ECON 211 - Introduction Statistics/Life Science (R2) OR RES-ECON 212 - Introduction Statistics/Social Science (R2)

  • CMPSCI 105 - Computer Literacy (R2) OR SCH-MGMT 210 - Introduction To Business Information Systems

  • ACCOUNTG 221 - Introduction To Accounting I

  • MANAGMNT 314 OR 315 - Human Resource Management OR HT-MGT 260 - Hospitality Personnel Management

  • SCH-MGMT 310 - Management Communications (Junior Year Writing)

  • MANAGMNT 301 - Principles Of Managemnt

  • MARKETNG 301 - Fundamentals Of Marketing

  • FINOPMGT 301 - Corporation Finance
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Required Sport Management Department Courses (21 Credits)


  • SPORTMGT 210 - Introduction To Sport Management

  • SPORTMGT 200 - Sociology of Sport & Physical Activity (SB) OR SPORTMGT 202 - History of Sport & Physical Activity (HS)

  • SPORTMGT 321 - Sport Marketing

  • SPORTMGT 335 - Introduction To Sports Law

  • SPORTMGT 424 - Sport Finance & Business

  • SPORTMGT 480 - Sport Management Policy
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Choose One Track:


General Curriculum Track (9 Credits) Total Major Credits = 60

  • Three Additional Sport Management Electives - Three additional SPORTMGT courses at any level (200, 300, 400)


Internship Track (15 Credits) Total Major Credits = 66

  • One Additional Sport Management Elective - One additional SPORTMGT course at any level (200, 300, 400)

  • SPORTMGT 498 - Practicum (12 Credits) OR SPORTMGT 499K - Honors Internship (6 Credits) AND SPORTMGT 498K - Honors Research (6 Credits)

Grading Requirements

All courses in the major program must be taken for a letter grade; they cannot be taken pass/fail (except for the internship). Students must achieve an overall cumulative 2.0 GPA in their major requirements to graduate from the program.