Overview
The Sport Management program provides a supportive and collaborative atmosphere designed to prepare you to work in organizations across the sport industry. The major takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining sport management classes with coursework in accounting, business, marketing, management, communication and psychology. This gives students a solid foundation in business practices and their application to sports.
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Career Opportunities
You can pursue a variety of careers with a Sport Management degree. Many students continue on to graduate studies in sport management, law, education or business administration.
Requirements
See the list of required courses and a sample plan of study for your next four years.
Hands-On Learning
Through practical assignments and discussion of current issues, students learn how sport management can have an impact on the local, regional and global scale. Your upper-level courses will help you gain the tools and skills you’ll need to be successful in your career through hands-on opportunities to create business and marketing plans, organize events, dissect legal briefs and deliver professional presentations.
Required Internship
You’ll gain real-world experience through your required internship. Recent student internship placements include: the SUNY Oneonta Athletics Department, Cooperstown Dreams Park, West Point Athletics, SUNY Binghamton Athletics Department, Sportsmedia.net, local athletics facilities, semi-professional teams and leagues, sport agencies and summer camps.
Facilities
Sport Management classes use a wide array of facilities, including enhanced classrooms, equipped with current teaching modalities that allow for interaction between faculty and students. You’ll also have access to a variety of campus fitness facilities, including gymnasiums, dance studios, a pool, fitness centers, free weight space, indoor and outdoor tracks and miles of hiking and biking trails at our College Camp facility adjacent to campus.
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108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY 13820
United States