Curriculum & Course Requirements

The DeVos Sport Business Management Program curriculum has a strong business focus along with required traditional sport management courses as well as courses focusing on ethical standards, diversity, sport and social issues and leadership in sport. Students must have a 3.0 to graduate and no more than two C's. SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Typical Two Year Course Schedule

These typical schedules are for full-time students. All students will start the program together in the fall. For more detailed information on the curriculum, see the College of Graduate Studies page.

For students with the foundation core:

Year 1
Fall (12 hrs)

• Organizational Behavior and Development (3.0)
• Applied Business Research Tools (3.0)
• Managerial Accounting Analysis (3.0)
• Economic Analysis of the Firm (3.0)

Spring

• *Strategic Marketing Management (3.0)
• *Applied Strategy and Business Policy (3.0)
• Strategic Financial Management (3.0)
• Moral and Ethical Issues in Sport (1.5)
• Diversity and Social Issues in Sport (1.5)

*If accepted into the MBA portion of the program 12 hours

Summer

• Leadership in Sport (1.5)
• Strategic Information Systems (3.0)
• **Professional Sport Industry (1.5)
• **Intercollegiate Sport Industry (1.5)
• ***Professional Selling in Sport (3.0)
• ***Facilities and Event Management (3.0)

** select one or the other

*** select one or the other

Year 2
Fall (12 hours)

• Global Environment in Sport (3.0)
• Sport Law (3.0)
• Strategic Sport Marketing (3.0)
• Business of Sport Media (3.0)

Spring (6 hours)

• Internship (5.0)
• Service Learning Component (1.0)

Masters in Sport Business Management Total - 45 credit hours
Masters in Business Administration Option Total - 6 credit hours
Both Masters Degrees Total - 51 credit hours