Sport Management (B.A.)

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Arts in sport management degree offers you the opportunity to explore a broad based understanding of the primary areas of sport management. The sport management major is designed to prepare you to blend general management skills with the specific demands of managing sports organizations.

In Messiah’s sport management major, you will build a strong foundation in a number of key areas such as: management, finance, accounting, marketing, communication, ethics and legal aspects of business. Specific courses in sport management provide you with an understanding of the role of sport in society, the role of management in sport and the opportunities to apply your knowledge in sport-related organizations, all in a Christian learning environment.

Our committed Christian faculty will help you not just understand but also use the technical, interpersonal, moral and conceptual skills and concepts necessary to be an effective manager in a wide variety of sports-related environments.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Sport Management program can:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of sport management concepts and principles required to be successful sport management professionals.
  2. Apply sport management knowledge and skills in a variety of sport settings.
  3. Use critical thinking skills to solve problems and make effective decisions within the sport management area.
  4. Demonstrate professional writing and oral communication skills within sport organizations.
  5. Demonstrate Christian character and socially responsible leadership in the field of sport management.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

ACCT 141Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 242Managerial Accounting

3

APHS 170Concepts of Conditioning

2

APHS 201Principles of Exercise Science

3

BIOL 158Human Biology

4

CIS 190Strategic Use of Information Technology

3

BUSA 120Principles of Management

3

BUSA 381Business Law

3

HPED 329Sport in Society

3

HPED 423Principles of Administration

3

INTE 391Internship

1-3

MRKT 130Marketing Principles

3

PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology

3

SPMT 110Sport Management Careers and Content

1

SPMT 210Ethics & Law in Sport Management

3

SPMT 211Economics and Governance in Sport

3

SPMT 313Sport Facility & Event Management

3

SPMT 314Sponsorship & Marketing in Sport Management

3

SPMT 410Topics in Sport Management

2

SPMT 411Senior Seminar for Sport Management

3

SPMT 411: Writing in the major requirement.

Three credits of INTE 391 required; must be taken for a letter grade.

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement met/major
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar 3
Oral Communication 3
Created and Called for Community (W) 3
Mathematical Sciences 3-4
Laboratory Science (BIOL 158) met/major
Science, Technology & the World (APHS 201) waived
Social Science (PSYC 101) met/major
European History or United States History 3
Literature 3
Philosophy and Religion 3
Arts 3
First Semester of Language 3
Second Semester of Language 3
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural 3
Non-Western Studies 2 or 3
Bible 3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course (APHS 170) met/major
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism (HPED 329) met/major
QuEST requirements 41-43
Major requirements 57-56
Free electives 25-23
Total credits 123