Business Management: Sports Industry Management Concentration, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
The major in business management leads to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) and provides students with the theoretical and conceptual basis of business as well as application skills to assume leadership roles in industry, government and education.
The undergraduate business management major permits students to select one area as a concentration. The knowledge and skills acquired with the major in business management can be used in a number of areas, such as human resource and operations management. The business management major with an agribusiness emphasis prepares students for careers in the specialized agriculture/business sector. The business management major with an information technology emphasis prepares students for careers in managing technology in modern organizations.
The business management major with a specialization in marketing prepares the graduate to successfully promote and sell goods and services.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Communication: Prepare documents and presentations that are germane, well organized and professional.\\n
- Problem Solving: Identify problems, apply appropriate techniques to solve them, and provide actionable recommendations.
- Global Awareness: Demonstrate understanding of global issues and perspectives that may impact business solutions.
- Ethical Awareness: Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues and possible impacts on business decisions.
Outcomes Assessment Activities
- The use of direct measures of student performance in the Hasan School of Business provides a relevant set of performance data. Reviewed by faculty, discipline groups, the School’s Assurance of Learning Committee, and administrators, results of these measures are used to make program improvements.
- The Educational Testing Service (ETS) Major Field Test in Business. This test, administered nationwide, assesses what students have learned in courses common to all business majors. Results are compared with those of other business students enrolled at selected peer institutions, as well as nationally. In the Hasan School of Business, the Major Field Test is given to students in the BSAD 493 Senior Seminar (1 c.h.) capstone course in their senior year.
- Course-Embedded Measures. Exams, papers, presentations, and projects include course-embedded measures that can be used to assess student performance.
Specific Program Requirements
Program Overview
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| General Education | 35 |
| Core Requirements | 45 |
| Concentration Requirements | 39 |
| Open Electives | 1 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Specific General Education Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| MATH 120 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Other General Education Courses | 26 | |
| Total Credits | 35 | |
Specific Core Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BSAD 101 | Business-Careers and Opportunities | 1 |
| BSAD 265 | Inferential Statistics & Problem Solving | 3 |
| BSAD 270 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BSAD 302 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
| BSAD 360 | Advanced Business Statistics | 3 |
| BSAD 493 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| CIS 250 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| FIN 330 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MATH 220 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 4 |
| MGMT 201 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGMT 301 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 311 | Operations and Quality Management | 3 |
| MGMT 485 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKTG 340 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Total Credits | 45 | |
Specific Concentration Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CIS 365 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| EPER 240 | Recreation Program Design | 3 |
| EPER 250 | Commercial Recreation and Tourism | 3 |
| EPER 350 | Leadership & Ethics | 3 |
| EPER 485 | Recreation Facility Design/Management | 3 |
| MGMT 318 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 368 | Project Management | 3 |
| MGMT 488 | Sports Industry Management | 3 |
| MGMT 498 | Internship | 3 |
| MKTG 342 | Promotional Strategy | 3 |
| MKTG 388 | Sports Industry Marketing | 3 |
| PSYC 205 | Introduction to Sport Psychology | 3 |
| BSAD/CIS/EPER | Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 39 | |
BSAD/CIS/EPER Elective List
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BSAD 250 | Business Law | 3 |
| BSAD 498 | Internship | 1-6 |
| CIS 150 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems | 3 |
| CIS 498 | Internship | 1-6 |
| EPER 162 | Personal Health | 3 |
| EPER 162L | Personal Health Lab | 1 |
| EPER 201 | Drugs and Healthy Lifestyles | 3 |
| EPER 498 | Internship | 6-12 |
| EPER Lab | 1 | |
Planning Sheet
Disclaimer: The Planning Sheet is designed as a guide for students planning their course selections. The information on this page provides only a suggested schedule. Actual course selections should be made with the advice and consent of an academic advisor. While accurately portraying the information contained in the college catalog, this form is not considered a legal substitute for that document. Students should become familiar with the catalog in effect at the time in which they entered the institution.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | ||
| Fall | ||
| BSAD 101 | Business-Careers and Opportunities | 1 |
| ENG 101 | Rhetoric & Writing I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| MATH 120 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| General Education | Humanities | 3 |
| General Education | Science w/ lab | 4 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| CIS 250 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Rhetoric & Writing II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| MATH 220 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 4 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| General Education | History | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| MGMT 201 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| General Education | Humanities | 3 |
| General Education | Science w/ lab | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BSAD 265 | Inferential Statistics & Problem Solving | 3 |
| BSAD 270 | Business Communications | 3 |
| MKTG 340 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| EPER 101 | Intro to EXPER | 2 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| BSAD 302 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
| BSAD 360 | Advanced Business Statistics | 3 |
| EPER 240 | Recreation Program Design | 3 |
| MKTG 388 | Sports Industry Marketing | 3 |
| General Education | Humanities | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| EPER 250 | Commercial Recreation and Tourism | 3 |
| FIN 330 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 301 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 318 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 368 | Project Management | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CIS 365 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MKTG 342 | Promotional Strategy | 3 |
| MGMT 311 | Operations and Quality Management | 3 |
| PSYC 205 | Introduction to Sport Psychology | 3 |
| Open BUS/CIS/EPER | Elective | 3 |
| EPER | Elective | 1 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| BSAD 493 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| EPER 485 | Recreation Facility Design/Management | 3 |
| MGMT 485 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGMT 488 | Sports Industry Management | 3 |
| MGMT 498 | Internship | 3 |
| Open Elective | 1 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |