The North American Society for Sport Management in conjunction with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education has proposed Standards for Voluntary Accreditation of Sport Management Programs, 1990. These eight standards were used to design the program proposed in this document. The courses which satisfy each standard are identified.

Areas in the Sport Management Program

Area #1 - Management Leadership and Organization in Sport - KHP 685
Area #2 - Research in Sport - KHP 644, KHP 782, KHP 768, KHP 695, KHP 680
Area #3 - Legal Aspects in Sport - KHP 676, KHP 546, KHP 585
Area #4 - Marketing in Sport - KHP 680
Area #5 - Sport Business in the Social Context - KHP 585, KHP 676, KHP 680
Area #6 - Financial Management in Sport - KHP 681
Area #7 - Ethics in Sport Management - KHP 676
Area #8 - Field Experience in Sport Management - KHP 687.

Pre-requisites:

KHP 485 - Sport in American Culture (3)

Co-requisites:

A minor in business or the equivalent as determined by the Sport Management Coordinator must be completed before the student graduates with a master's degree in Sport Management.

Core (15 credit hours - required):

KHP 585 - Foundations of Sport Management (3)
KHP 676 - Current Issues and Problems in Sport Management(3)
KHP 680 - Sport Marketing (3)
KHP 681 - Financial Aspects of Sport (3)
KHP 685 - Supervision of Sport and Fitness Personnel (3)

Internship (3 credit hours):

KHP 687 - Practicum in Sport Management

Research Component (6 credit hours - required):

KHP 644 - Research Methods (3)
EPE 570 - Gathering, Analyzing and Using Educational Data (3); or (can substitute a similar statistics class with the approval of the graduate director).

Electives (9 credit hours):

KHP 546 - Special Topics: Event Management
KHP 547 - Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (3)
KHP 570 - Design and Management of Facilities for Sport (3)
KHP 573 - Management of Sport (3)
KHP 580 - Introduction to Team Development (3)
KHP 686 - Sport Manager's Laboratory (3)
KHP 695 - Independent Study (3)
KHP 782 - Independent Research Project (3)
KHP 768 - Thesis (6)
EDP 600 - Life Span Human Development and Behavior (3)
EDP 605 - Introduction to Counseling: Techniques I (3)
EDP 661 - Techniques of Counseling II (3)
EDP 702 - Career Development: Research, Theories, and Practices (2-3)
MGT 611 - Organizational Behavior (3)
ACC 628 - Financial/Managerial Accounting (3)
MKT 600 - Marketing Management (3)
FIN 600 - Corporate Financial Policy (3)
PSY 502 - Introduction to Industrial Psychology (3)
PSY 503 - Psychology of Industrial Personnel Procedure (3)