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This course will provide students with general knowledge of the most important topics involved in the management of sport.  An emphasis will be placed on the process of managing including planning, organizing, implementing and controlling and relating these areas to sport-specific context. Other topic areas such as motivation, leadership, decision making, problem solving, human resource management, communication, rewards and evaluation will be addressed.

This course focuses on promotion and sales of sport. Quite often, selling is a student's initial entryway into the sport business. This course will examine the relationship between rights holders and sponsors of sport teams and events. It will also examine how events sell tickets and the technology associated with ticketing. Presentation skills, prospecting and closing will be addressed. This course will utilize guest speakers from the Tampa sport industry and will culminate with the class being a part of selling tickets/sponsorship for a Tampa Bay area sport event.

The Olympics are the foundation of organized sport throughout the world. This course will explore the political, social, cultural and economic impact the games have had on society. It will also examine the administrative functions of governing bodies of professional and amateur sport across the world.

A seminar course that serves as the capstone course in the program. This course features in depth discussion on advanced topics in sport management, multiple group projects and an emphasis on career development.

This course takes advantage of many of the world class sport and event venues in the Tampa Bay Area. The course consists of lecture and numerous site visits to venues.  The course explores commonalities and differences in managing and marketing different venues and events.

Junior or senior standing with written permission of the  department Chair. Offers practical experience in the sport and entertainment industry. Students can take internship for variable credit during multiple semesters but must complete 12 credit hours to graduate from the SPM program. Once the 12 credit hours are earned students are not permitted to take additional internship hours for elective credit.