Sport Management Minor

The sport management program is designed to prepare individuals for managerial positions within sport-oriented organizations such as college and university athletics, professional sport teams, amateur sport organizations, sport arenas and facilities, sport event management, sport marketing agencies, recreational sports management, health and fitness clubs, sporting goods industry, sport entrepreneurship, etc.

For completion of a minor, a student must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses taken toward the minor (2.75 for teacher licensure with no less than C- earned in all core courses) and complete a minimum of six hours in upper-level courses in the minor requirement through courses offered by Old Dominion University.

The sport management minor, consisting of 15 credits taken in the sport management program, includes the following courses:

SMGT 214 Introduction to Sport Management (3 hours)
Choice of 4 Sport Management Courses (12 hours):
SMGT 305 Sport Administrative Theory (3)
SMGT 315 Sport Media and Public Relations (3)
SMGT 331 Administration I (3)
SMGT 414 Sport Marketing (3)
SMGT 421 Legal Aspects in Sports and Recreation (3)
SMGT 425 Facility Management and Design (3)
SMGT 450 Ethics in Sport Management (3)
SMGT 453 Sport Sponsorship and Event Planning (3)
SMGT 455 Sports in Contemporary Society (3)
SMGT 456 Sports Psychology (3)

Total Credit Hours for Sport Management Minor = 15 hours