The Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Management major, prepares students to enter careers in the sport industry, including intercollegiate athletics, professional sports, the sporting goods industry, private/public sport clubs and resorts, youth sport management, and sport venue and event management.

Location

• Storrs Campus

Modality

• In Person

Requirements

The most recent program guidelines and sample semester sequence are available on the Neag School of Education website at advising.education.uconn.edu. The Department of Educational Leadership offers the following undergraduate program:

Sport Management

Students complete course work in Common Curriculum, cognate areas, and Educational Leadership. Requirements include: 

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
COMM 1100	Principles of Public Speaking	3
ECON 1201 & ECON 1202	Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics	6
MATH 1070Q	Mathematics for Business and Economics	3
PSYC 1100	General Psychology I	3
PSYC 1101	General Psychology II	3
or PSYC 1103	General Psychology II (Enhanced)
PSYC 2600	Industrial/Organizational Psychology	3
SOCI 1001	Introduction to Sociology	3
or SOCI 1251	Social Problems
STAT 1000Q	Introduction to Statistics I	4
or STAT 1100Q	Elementary Concepts of Statistics
EDLR 3090	Directed Observation and Participation in Sport Organizations	3
EDLR 3091	Internship in Sport Organizations	6
EDLR 3300W	Sport in Society	3
EDLR 3310	Management of Sport Organizations	3
EDLR 3325	Sport Venue and Event Management	3
EDLR 3335	Sport Law	3
EDLR 3340	Introduction to Sport Marketing	3
EDLR 3345	Financial Management in the Sport Industry	3
EDLR 3350	Introduction to Sport Communication	3
EDLR 3547W	Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development	4
EDLR 3550	Career Development in Sport Management	3
SOCI 1501	Race, Class, and Gender (recommended)	3
Fifteen credits of cognate electives		15
Total Credits		83

Learning Objectives

1. Connect current management research and principles and current marketing research and principles to their application in practice within sport organizations.
2. Analyze and critique issues of (in)justice, (in)equity, and (ex)inclusion within the domain of sport and commit to addressing these issues in your role as a sport professional.
3. Commit to continued development of the skills necessary to engage in professional settings in sport management organizations and apply those skills in your role as a sport professional.
4. Develop a plan to demonstrate how through your work in a sport organization you can foster a space within your organization that supports justice, equity, and inclusion for all stakeholders.