Study an ever-changing field where business, entertainment and sport collide.
We’ll prepare you in and out of the classroom with relevant course content, professional development days with people already working for major sport organizations, and plenty of field experience leading up to a full-time internship.
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What You’ll Love About the Program:
- Study a dynamic, ever-changing field, where business, entertainment and sport collide.
- Experience the transformation from sports fan to sports professional, where the joy comes less from a team winning or losing and more from the satisfaction of a job well done — so that other fans get to have a good time.
- Enjoy easy access to a broad network of sports professionals through faculty members and active sport management alumni.
- Use our connections to tryout and get internships experience in the many career options available after graduation.
- Find out how integrated technology enhances the fan experience at sporting events.
- Sport Management Club extras, like job preparation and job hunting workshops, guest speakers and other special events.
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Reach Your Career Goals
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Sport management careers run the gamut of sports — racing, team sports, special events (like charity tournaments). They also span these different levels:
- High school sports or athletic programs
- College sports teams and venues
- Professional sports teams, venues and consulting firms
These are hot jobs. We’ll help you shine amid competition through:
- Super-relevant course content, with examples often pulled from the latest Sport Business Journal
- Personal connections to people and work experience that can help you stand out
- Professional development days with people already working for major sport organizations like the WNBA and MLB
- Plenty of field experience, including a full-time internship in everything from sales, marketing and event/venue management
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Professors With a Passion for Sport Management
Earn your sport management degree from an interdisciplinary team of faculty members, who bring together the many elements from business, finance and economics, marketing and other core courses.
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Gain Real World Experience
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Sure, you’ll use actual sport case studies in many of your classes. You’ll wrestle with the ethical, business and practical challenges of working on modern sport, where entertainment and athletics collide. But, the real proof of your valuable education in sport management comes from full-time internships at places like these:
- Ohio High School Athletics Association
- Intersport-Chicago
- Stack Magazine
You’ll get the chance to take your professional development on the road too. Several sport management majors visited the WNBA Detroit Shock last year, and a bunch more met with people in the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers organizations.
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Interesting Classes You May Take
- Sport and Physical Activity in Society — Explore changing concepts of sport over time. Then apply these foundations to practical issues in sport today.
- Event Management — Get insights into the planning, financial considerations, risk elements, personnel and facility management and evaluations required for good sport events.
- Sport Public Relations — Examine these tasks and strategies: promotion, media relations, community relations and crisis communication.
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Organizations for Sport Management Majors
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