Sport Management (BA)
The mission of the Sport Management program is to challenge and develop the minds of students through an interdisciplinary approach as they prepare to become servant leaders in various professional contexts in the realm of sport and athletics. Students will graduate with a working knowledge and skill set in finance, management, marketing, event planning and/or sales, and leadership that will prepare them for a future career in amateur, collegiate, and professional sports organizations from the playing surface to the front office.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (ba) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts | |
History Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List. | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List. | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 4 |
Choose one 4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List. | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 41 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 14 |
Choose two 4-hour courses and two 3-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List. | |
Major Core:* | 45 |
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management KNES 2305 - Contemporary Leadership in Sport, Athletics, and Recreation (S-L) KNES 3302 - Research, Statistics, and Technology in Health and Human Performance KNES 4336 - Internship in Kinesiology and Health Sciences I (S-L) (AGP-eligible) MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L) MANA 4311 - Professional Sports Management MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing MRKT 4311 - Sports Marketing SPRM 3301 - Sports Ethics SPRM 3308 - Sociology of Sport SPRM 4332 - Sport Facility and Event Management Choose two: KNES 3306 - Coaching Interscholastic Sports KNES 3310 - Recreational Leadership KNES 4308 - Psychology of Sport, Exercise, and Human Performance SPRM 4302 - Organization and Administration of Kinesiology and Athletic Programs | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 20 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
MINOR IN SPORT MANAGEMENT
See information about the Sport Management minor here.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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