2021-2022 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Sport Management
Requirements
Students in the sport management program at Grand Valley must follow all general education requirements as defined in the Grand Valley State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.
Note: ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits) and PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 credits) are suggested to fulfill Social and Behavioral Sciences Foundations requirements; BMS 202 - Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits) is required in the major and fulfills a Life Sciences with lab requirement; ECO 330 - Sports Economics (3 credits) fulfills an Issues requirement.
B.S. Major Requirements
Requires 60 to 66 credits, including:
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- BMS 202 - Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- COM 201 - Speech (3 credits)
- ECO 330 - Sports Economics (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MKT 352 - Marketing Research (3 credits)
- MOV 101 - Foundations of Human Movement Science (3 credits)
- MOV 102 - First Aid, CPR and AED (2 credits)
- MOV 201 - Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Education and Sport (3 credits)
- SPM 202 - Social Cultural Dimensions of Sport (3 credits)
- SPM 225 - Introduction to Sport Management (3 credits)
- SPM 356 - Current Topics in Sport Management (3 credits)
- SPM 376 - Sport Facility and Event Management (3 credits)
- SPM 390 - Practicum in Sport Management (3 credits)
- SPM 490 - Internship in Sport Management (6 to 12 credits)
- SPM 495 - Administration in Sport Management (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
Program Elective Courses
Requires nine credits. Choose three of the following sport management program elective courses:
- CAP 305 - Sports Promotion (3 credits)
- HST 322 - American Identity and Sports (3 credits)
- HTM 343 - Human Resource Management (4 credits)
- PNH 335 - Grant Writing (3 credits)
- PNH 360 - Voluntarism and the Nonprofit Sector (3 credits)
- PNH 375 - Public Budgeting and Finance Administration (3 credits)
- PNH 376 - Public Personnel Policy and Administration (3 credits)
- PED 345 - Disability, Sport and Physical Activity (3 credits)
- SPM 355 - Contemporary Concepts of Coaching (3 credits)
- STA 345 - Statistics in Sports (3 credits)
- WRT 381 - Writing and Sports (3 credits)
Note: Additional courses may be substituted to satisfy program electives with faculty advisor approval, including 300- or 400-level courses taken towards completion of an approved minor. Program elective credit is not also granted for any class used to satisfy a sport management major requirement.
Suggested Order of Coursework
Prerequisite Notes
- WRT 150 or both WRT 120 and WRT 130 must be completed before SPM 225 and any SWS course
- MTH 110 must be completed before STA 215
- MKT 350 and STA 215 must be completed before MKT 352
- SPM 202 and SPM 225 must be completed before SPM 356
- MOV 102 and SPM 356 must be completed before SPM 390
- SPM 390 must be completed before SPM 490
- SPM 490 and SPM 495 are to be taken concurrently during the final semester
Year One
- MOV 101 - Foundations of Human Movement Science (3 credits)
- MOV 201 - Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Education and Sport (3 credits)
- MTH 110 - Algebra (4 credits)
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 credits) Suggested to fulfill Social and Behavioral Sciences Foundations course.
- SPM 225 - Introduction to Sport Management (3 credits)
- WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing (4 credits)
- General education Historical Perspectives
- General education Philosophy and Literature
- General education Arts
- Elective
Year Two
- ACC 202 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 2 (1.5 credits) or ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- COM 201 - Speech (3 credits)
- ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits) Suggested to fulfill Social and Behavioral Sciences Foundations course.
- SPM 202 - Social Cultural Dimensions of Sport (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- SPM 356 - Current Topics in Sport Management (3 credits)
- General education Physical Sciences
- Elective
Year Three
- BMS 202 - Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits) Fulfills Foundations Life Sciences with lab.
- ECO 330 - Sports Economics (3 credits)
- MGT 300 - Fundamentals of Management for Non-Business Majors (3 credits) OR MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MKT 352 - Marketing Research (3 credits)
- MOV 102 - First Aid, CPR and AED (2 credits)
- SPM 376 - Sport Facility and Event Management (3 credits)
- SPM 390 - Practicum in Sport Management (3 credits)
- General education U.S. Diversity
- Program elective
- Program elective
Year Four
Fall Semester:
- General education Global Perspectives
- General education Issues
- Supplemental Writing Skills (SWS)
- Program elective
- Elective
Winter Semester:
- SPM 490 - Internship in Sport Management (6 to 12 credits)
- SPM 495 - Administration in Sport Management (3 credits)