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| SMT 601 Sports Industry Management - 3.00 credits |
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| This course provides detailed overview of the sports industry and its management and business practices. Students will study organizational theory, human resources, decision making, policy development, planning, governance and the management functions necessary to provide them with the appropriate skills and knowledge for the effective management of sport organizations. |
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| SMT 602 Sport Law & Risk Management - 3.00 credits |
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| Course overviews basic issues and strategies surrounding sport law and risk management issues in athletics. Students will be introduced to types of legal obligations and liability exposure in the sport business, along with the risk management tools available to minimize risk. Legal issues and management challenges are also explored. |
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| SMT 604 Sport Media & Technology - 3.00 credits |
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| An analysis of the sport media¿s changing landscape and the role is plays in political, social and technological climates. Emphasis on professional and intercollegiate sports and the implications of simultaneous production and consumption. Course will examine new information technologies, commercial pressures in sport media and global sport media expansion. |
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| SMT 609 Sports Ticket Sales & Strategies - 3.00 credits |
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| Course will examine changing environment of ticket and operation sales in the sport industry. Course will expose students to the standards, practices and strategies that can be applied to the multitude of areas that ticketing touches within the sports industry. |
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| SMT 607 Sport Budgets & Fiscal Practices - 3.00 credits |
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| Basic theory in accounting and finance applied to managerial control of sport organizations. Includes forms of ownership, taxation, financial analysis, capital budgeting, and economic impact studies. |
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| SMT 608 Sport Information & Public Relations - 3.00 credits |
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| Course is an overview of the discipline of sports information/public relations and its role in the field of sport management. Course will cover a wide variety of skill sets and roles necessary to succeed in this continually evolving discipline. New media issues and procedures will be covered. |
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| SMT 621 Leadership in Sport Management - 3.00 credits |
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| Students will discuss the process of leadership and leadership development in sports organizations. Leadership styles, qualities, philosophies and the ability to adapt to different situations are addressed. Information on recruiting, training, supervising and evaluating personnel are examined as are current sporting issues and their impact on sport leadership. |
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| SMT 622 Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| Course examines various aspects of professional sports including the unique office of the league commissioner, the antitrust and labor law dimensions of the player-labor market and the peculiar institution of the player agent in a unionized and collective bargained industry. |
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| SMT 629 Managing Coaches & Teams - 3.00 credits |
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| Course will include setting performance goals in coaching, the various roles of the coach, ethical conduct in coaching, coach-athlete compatibility, burnout, personality of the coach and coaching youth sports. Emphasis will be placed on how administrators can best manage coaches for continued athletic program success. |
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| SMT 611 Corporate Sponsorship Sales & Strategies in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| Course will examine marketing strategy and techniques used by industry professionals to increase revenues for sports properties. Students will gain an understanding of sponsorship sales terminology, cold calling and prospecting techniques, marketing proposal presentation guidelines and relationship building strategies to increase overall sales. |
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| SMT 626 Globalization of Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| An analysis of the impact of globalization on the Sport Industry. Students will be introduced to managerial, human resource and cultural differences that impinge upon the sports industry. An oversight of the different governance structures employed throughout the industry overseas will also be examined. |
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| SMT 612 Development & Fundraising Strategies in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| Course will examine skills, strategies and techniques needed for successful annual and major gift solicitation in the field of athletic development. Topics include understanding annual fund and major gift fundraising; examining booster club organization structure, benefits; priority seating programs and importance of donor research in the fundraising process. |
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| SMT 635 Sport Facilities & Event Management - 3.00 credits |
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| Course is designed to provide learning experience in managing sports facility operations, planning new sports facilities and renovating and maintaining existing facilities. Course also provides student exposure to comprehensive event planning and management for sport and special events. |
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| SMT 606 Contemporary Issues in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| The purpose of this course is to expand the student?s understanding of issues prevalent in the sports industry. Discussions will cover topics including drugs, violence, religion, the media and globalization. Students will develop an awareness of alternate perspectives and examine in detail current problems while analyzing possible solutions. |
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| SMT 698 Research Design & Techniques in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| An examination of research designs, methodology and techniques used in developing the research project or thesis. Historical, empirical and experimental methods will be discussed plus skills related to writing reviews and critiques of literature. Students will learn to design an original study and begin to develop the outline for their final Masters work. |
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| SMT 622 Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining in Sport - 3.00 credits |
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| Course examines various aspects of professional sports including the unique office of the league commissioner, the antitrust and labor law dimensions of the player-labor market and the peculiar institution of the player agent in a unionized and collective bargained industry. |
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| SMT 699 Project/Research Thesis - 3.00 credits |
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| The course requires the preparation of a substantial research and writing project/research thesis planned and completed under the guidance of a graduate faculty advisor. It is the culminating work of the Masters program and hence is expected to include research design, organization, analysis, evaluation, literature review, plus the student?s conclusions pertaining to the research findings. |
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