Sport Administration Profession
Sport administration/Management is an interdisciplinary profession recognized by the North American Society for Sport Management. Sport managers use a variety of skills in a management capacity with the growing sport industry. The goal of the Sport Administration Track is to help students develop skills to organize, administer, and facilitate sport programs at the corporate, agency, professional, and amateur levels. Opportunities are provided to develop knowledge and skills relevant to the performance of these functions.
Students develop knowledge of the ethical, financial, economic, social, and legal aspects of the sport industry. Students can seek employment in school and college athletic departments, coaching, community recreation organizations, minor and major league franchises, commercial sport facilities, YMCA system, and the golf industry, as well as other athletic and sport related industries.
The major features a strong base of general education requirements in English, communication, humanities, business, mathematics, and social and natural sciences; major courses in sport marketing, sport finance, legal aspects of sport, event and facilities management in sport, media and community relation in sport, ethics in sport management, and leadership and administration. The program offers practical application experience through a supervised internship experience. The students complement their major by completing a minor in Business from the IUP Eberly College of Business.
Sports Administration Curriculum
Liberal Studies Requirements
As is the case with all educational programs at IUP each student will be required to complete course work in the university’s liberal studies program. Due to completing the minor in Business the following liberal studies courses are required for Sport Administration
- PYSC 101, General Psychology
- ECON 121, Macroeconomics
- ECON 122, Microeconomics
Required Health and Physical Education Department Core Courses
- HPED 142, Foundations of Health and Physical Education
- HPED 175, Prevention and Care of Injuries to the Physically Active
- HPED 209, Motor Behavior
- HPED 221, Human Structure and Function
- HPED 341, Evaluations in Health and Physical Education
- HPED 343, Physiology of Exercise, and the departments two culminating courses
- HPED 441, Psychosocial Implications of Health and Physical Education
- HPED 442, Seminar in Health and Physical Education and Recreation
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Required Sport Administration Courses
- HPED 280, Aquatic facilities Management
- HPED 320, Managing Facilities and vents in Sport
- HPED 445, Business Practices in Sport
- HPED 460, Law and Issues in Sport
Sport Administration elective (choose one):
- ECON 239, Economics of Sport
- HPED 315, Biomechanics
- HPED 335, Athletic Coaching
- HPED 375, Physiological Basis of Strength Training
- HPED 412, Physical Activity and Stress Management
Business Minor Requirements
- ACCT 210, Accounting Principles I
- ACCT 202, Accounting Principles II
- BLAW 235, Legal Environment of Business
- BTST 321, Business and Interpersonal Communications
- FIN 310, Fundamentals of Finance
- MGMT 310, Principles of Management
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Internship Requirements
Undergraduate students are required to enroll in HPED 319 Pre-Professional Experience (3 credits) and HPED 493 Internship (3 credits) to complete the program requirements for Sport Administration. Students can enroll in three credits at a time and complete two internship experiences OR enroll in HPED 319 and 493 in the same semester and complete a single internship. Click on the link to view recent internship sites of IUP Sport Administration students.
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