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Sports Business Minor

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Industry guest speakers, real-time projects, and sports internships highlight this very dynamic and specialized program. 

Skills for off the field 

The sports business minor helps prepare students for possible careers in sports business. This minor provides non-business majors, who are not enrolled in the Cook School, the opportunity to gain specialized knowledge in areas that are critical to success for careers related to the business aspects of sports.

Students are responsible for completing any prerequisites, and a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA is required in minor coursework.

 

Sports Business Minor for Non-Business Majors

Eighteen (18) hours of coursework from the Cook School are the minimum for completing the sports business minor. Up to twenty-four (24) hours may be required depending on the electives that are taken.

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Course Options 

Nine hours as follows (3 credit hours each):

 CourseTitle Prerequisites
MGT 300Manageemnt Theory & Practice Sophomore standing 
MGT 307Introduction to Sports Management MGT 300 
MGT 430Intedgrated Sports Business Planning MGT 307, senior standing, and two of the following: MKT 350, ITM 380, MGT 424, MGT 425, or ECON 450 

 

Six hours chosen from the following courses  (3 credit hours each) * :

 CourseTitle Prerequisites
ECON 450Sports Economics MATH 132 or 142, ECON 314, & OPM 207 
ITM 380Project Management ITM 200/201 and junior standing 
MGT 424Legal Issues in Sport & Entertainment MGT 218 
MGT 425Intercollegiate Athletics Management MGT 300 
MKT 350 Sports Marketing MKT 300 

* All prerequisites must be completed