Sport Management

The Master of Science in Sport Management prepares its graduates for positions in sport management at all levels (recreational, youth, inter-scholastic, amateur, collegiate, professional) and within several organizational settings (public, private, non-profit, corporations).

The program content provides an integrated educational experience directed toward developing the ability to apply knowledge and skills to the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of sport programs and offer solutions to practical problems in the sport management field. Graduates are expected to be leaders in their chosen area of interest by incorporating the various perspectives from the multidisciplinary training and applying them to current issues in sport and society.

Program Goals
Graduates of the Master of Science in Sport Management will be able to:

• Apply the fundamentals of business to sport management.
• Integrate the principles of management; organizing people and resources to get results in the field of sport.
• Apply the area of law and labor relations to the sports industry and agency.
• Use existing technologies and be prepared for emerging technologies in the sport management field.
• Forecast new developments and adapt to the rapidly changing sports environment.
• Creatively direct the economic contributions that sports and recreation offer to people, organizations, and the community.
• Effectively organize, evaluate and improve and use new information in sports.
• Utilize the knowledge and skills learned to produce an in-depth research project or thesis, which will serve to advance the study of sport management.

For additional information, view the Goodwin College of Professional Studies' Sport Management program web page.