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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Master of Science in Sport Management
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Students should consult the General Regulations section of the Graduate Catalog for additional information regarding Graduate School admission requirements, transfer credit, and other critical policies and procedures.
The Sport Management program is designed to provide the graduate with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to engage in the practice of management in a variety of settings. The goals and objectives of the program are guided by, but are not limited to, the criteria and guidelines set forth in the Standards for an Accredited Educational Program by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.
Students are provided with classroom, laboratory and clinical experiences to accomplish these objectives. Students are evaluated on their progress in meeting the above objectives throughout the
program. Opportunities and evaluations are provided for actual participation in professional clinical sites including athletic, sport and club fitness, coaching facilities, rehabilitation facilities and community settings in the practice of Sport Management.
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Expected Program Outcomes:
The program aims to provide a broad-based, comprehensive curriculum, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration that prepares a sport manager practitioner to
- direct an individual’s participation in selected clinical opportunities aimed at reinforcing and enhancing performance; facilitate learning of those skills and functions essential for productivity, thus the individual will be able to better communicate effectively with clients, subordinates and the public;
- provide services to improve function to prevent deficits in activities of daily living, work, play/leisure, and in the underlying performance of managing to ensure quality of services and effectiveness of the program; and
- function in a variety of roles including direct managing provider, consultant, case manager, educator, administrator, researcher and advocate in a variety of sport management delivery models and systems where sport management is traditionally practiced and in emerging areas of local community, state, regional, national and international arenas.
Expected Student Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the SM program, the student will be able to:
- plan, develop, implement and evaluate programs of service designed to meet local community, state, regional, national and international needs;
- administer and manage a sport management service;
- articulate and apply sport management principles, intervention approaches, rationales, and expected outcomes of service;
- be innovators and leaders in the profession, applying sport management knowledge to the solution of complex sport managerial issues and health problems;
- demonstrate an attitude of inquiry and nurture the capacity for creative thinking, critical analysis and problem solving; to interpret research studies and to apply research results to sport management practice; and to contribute to the advancement and dissemination of research and knowledge in the behavioral science.
Prerequisite Requirements
Candidates for admission must hold a baccalaureate degree in sport management or related field.
Admission Requirements for the Master of Science in Sport Management
Unconditional Admission
- Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited four-year institution. Students with a baccalaureate degree from an unaccredited or otherwise accredited institution should see Unaccredited or Otherwise Accredited Student Admission.
- Applicants must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 on a four-point scale or a 3.0 grade point average on the last 30 semester hours. All hours attempted in the term in which the 30 semester hours were reached will be used to calculate the grade point average.
Conditional Admission
Conditional Admission does not apply to this program.
Transfer Credit
A maximum of 12 semester hours taken at another regionally accredited institution of higher learning, with a grade of “B” or better, can be applied toward the degree. These courses must be comparable to Troy University’s courses and must be approved by the SM graduate faculty.
Degree Requirements
Successful completion of the courses listed below with an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better and successful completion of the required comprehensive examination is necessary to fulfill requirements for the degree. If a student makes a “D” or “F” in a core or concentration course, the course must be retaken. If the student earns a “D” or “F” in an elective course, the course may be retaken, or another elective taken in its place. The student can satisfy the research component requirement by successfully completing SM 6617 with a grade of “B” or better.
Minimum Total Hours: 36
Students may choose thesis or non-thesis options in each concentration.
Required Core Courses: (12 sh)
Sport Management Concentration Requirements (24 sh)
Select One of the Following
Non-Thesis Option
| SM Required Core |
12 sh |
| SM Courses |
24 sh |
| Total |
36 sh |
Thesis Option
| SM Required Core |
12 sh |
| SM Courses |
18 sh |
| Thesis I |
3 sh |
| Thesis II |
3 sh |
| Total |
36 sh |
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