Sport Management

SPRM 3301 (3-3-0) Sports Ethics

(KNES 3301)

A study of the moral/ethical issues involved in the area of sports. The course will concentrate on addressing the issues involved in sports in modern society from a biblical perspective at the youth, high school, and college levels. The moral/ethical issues involved with professional sports will be addressed as well.

Requisites: None.

Offered: Fall, Spring.

SPRM 3308 (3-3-0) Sociology of Sport

This course is a systematic and critical study of the complex and paradoxical role of organized sports in our society. It will examine the dynamics of how sports reflect, reproduce, and transform cultural values, meanings, and ideologies in sports, as well as the relationships between sports and other aspects critical of social life, such as race, gender, education, inequality, media, and socialization. Also, the course will consider the positive and negative impacts of sports on society, from their capacity to bring us together, break down barriers, and showcase the best of the human spirit, to how, simultaneously, they have the capacity to tear us apart, facilitate damaging stereotypes, and normalize exploitation.

Requisites: None.

Offered: Fall

SPRM 4302 (3-3-0) Organization and Administration of Kinesiology and Athletic Programs

(KNES 4302)

A study of the organization and administration of kinesiology, intramural, and interscholastic programs including administrative policies and procedures, staff, facilities and equipment, budget, office management, schedules, and public relations.

Requisites: None.

Offered: Fall, Spring, Online.

SPRM 4332 (3-3-0) Sport Facility and Event Management

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skill competencies needed for designing and managing sport and recreation facilities and organizing sport events. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to attend and/or volunteer at sport events to put the course knowledge into practice. This course also includes visits to local facilities.

Requisites: None

Offered: Spring