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Sport Management
Turn your passion for sports into a rewarding career
The sport management major is designed to prepare you for a successful career in the multi-billion dollar sport industry.
As a sport management major, you’ll take courses that are specific to the discipline, as well as business courses that will help you to develop quantitative analysis skills and an understanding of essential business concepts.
Once you graduate, you’ll find diverse and exciting career opportunities. These include careers in professional and minor league sports, intercollegiate and high school athletics, international and national sport governing bodies, sport agencies, sport facilities, businesses that use sports to market their products and sport marketing and event management firms.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Business
- Sport management
- Finance
- Legal issues
- Ethics
- International sport management
CAREER OPTIONS
- Game presentation assistant
- Sales consultant
- Account executive
- Merchandise representative
- Inside sales representative
- Account manager
- Financial advisor
What’s special about this program?
The Lerner College sport management program will help you to go above and beyond your passion for sport by challenging you academically and providing you with practical experience outside the classroom.
Our goal is for you to gain as much practical experience as possible while developing professional networks within the sport industry. As a student in this major, you’ll complete a nine-credit internship during your senior year and will have access to a number of volunteer opportunities with the UD Athletic Department and other sport organizations.
Get Involved
Alpha Kappa Psi
Blue Hen Investment Club
Blue Hen Marketing Club
Delta Sigma Pi
Lerner College Trading Center
Lerner Student Advisory Board
Sport Management Club
Women in Business
Sample curriculum
BUAD110
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Basics of Business |
| SPTM210 | Introduction to Sport Management
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| ECON101 | Introduction to Microeconomics
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| ECON103 | Introduction to Macroeconomics
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| ENGL110 | First-Year Writing
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| PSYC100 | General Psychology
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Mathematics Course |
| University Breadth Courses |
| ACCT207 | Accounting I
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| ACCT208 | Accounting II
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| BUAD301 | Introduction to Marketing
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| SPTM311 | Practicum in Sport Management
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| SPTM315 | Legal Aspects of Sport Management
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| SPTM313 |
Sport & Media |
| COMM212/HOSP230 | Oral Communication in Business or
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| STAT200 |
Basic Statistical Practice
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| MISY160 | Business Computing
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| MISY261 | Business Information Systems
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University Breadth Course
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| BUAD306 | Service & Operations Management
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| BUAD309 | Organizational Behavior
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| SPTM314 | Financial Aspects of Sport Management
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| SPTM416 | International Sport Management
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| SPTM417 | Sport Marketing
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| SPTM418 |
Sport Event & Facilities Management |
| SPTM419 | Ethics & Issues in Sport Management
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| FINC311 | Principles of Finance
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Sociology Course
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University Breadth Courses
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| BUAD441 | Strategic Management
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| SPTM464 | Sport Management Capstone Internship
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Sport Management or Hospitality Elective
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| University Breadth Course and/or Foreign Language |
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| Elective Courses |
