BS in Business Administration, Sport Management Major

The USM Sport Management Program is housed in the School of Business. Students take 27 credits of major courses as well as the business core courses and general education requirements.

Non-business Core Requirements (17 credits):

Spreadsheet proficiency: demonstrated by passing ABU 190 - Spreadsheets and Problem Solving (3 general elective credits) with a grade of C or higher, or by successfully passing a School of Business spreadsheet proficiency exam.
*Proficiency should be demonstrated before enrolling in 300-level School of Business courses, and must be demonstrated to graduate.

ECO 101 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 credits)
ECO 102 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3 credits)
MAT 108 - College Algebra with C- or higher grade (4 credits). Substitutes include a C- or higher grade in MAT 140 or approved higher level math course, passing a CLEP exam, or passing the MAT 108 equivalency exam offered by Academic Assessment.
MAT 210 - Business Statistics with C-or higher grade (4 credits) or C- or higher grade in prior credit for MAT 120 or other approved statistics course.
THE 170 - Public Speaking (3 credits) or other approved course

Business Core Requirements (36 credits): 

A minimum of 50% of business core courses must be taken at USM, and the student's grade point average for the business core must be 2.33 or higher.
 

ACC 110 - Financial Acct. Information for Decision Making
ACC 211 - Managerial Acct. Information for Decision Making
BUS 260 - Marketing
BUS 275 - Applied Business Analysis
BUS 280 - Legal Environment of Business
BUS 340 - Managing Organizational Behavior
BUS 345 - Information Technology/Management Information Systems
BUS 370 - Management Science
BUS 375 - Production/Operations Management
FIN 320 - Basic Financial Management
BUS 450 - Business Policy and Strategy

Select one of the following international courses:
BUS 335 - International Business
BUS 361 - International Marketing
BUS 382 - International Business Law
FIN 330 - International Financial Management

Major Requirements

At least 50% of credit hours applied to the major must be taken at USM. No more than 3 credits of internship can count toward ths major.

BUS 210 - Introduction to Sport Management
BUS 311 - Sport Marketing
BUS 315 - Sport Finance
BUS 312 - Sport Law
BUS 397 - Sport Management Internship/Advanced Field Placement
BUS 415 - Sport Management Seminar

Plus 2 courses from the following electives (6 credits)

BUS 371 - Sport Sponsorship & Sales
BUS 313 - Sport Facility Management
BUS 318 - Athletics Administration
BUS 316 - Sport Event Management
BUS 314 - Sport Communication

General Electives:

23 credits for accounting majors, 27 credits for other majors

BUS 101: Getting Down to Business (3 credits) Optional first-year seminar, credits counted as general electives; strongly recommended for recent high school graduates with fewer than 24 credits.