Sports Management
About This Program
Sports Management education is one of the country’s fastest growing fields. Over the past decade, the sport industry has jumped from the 23rd to the 6th largest industry in the U.S. This industry, due to its wide variety of positions, places unique demands on those involved in its management including skills in such areas as communications, public relations, facility management, marketing, budgeting, and legal aspects specific to sport settings.
Department
Why Utica University
The Utica University sports management degree program combines the basic principles of a business management curriculum with the unique demands of sport as an enterprise. Our interdisciplinary curriculum prepares students through course work, fieldwork, practicums, and internships to be successful professionals in a wide range of career choices within the field of sport management such as intercollegiate sports, professional sports, sport marketing firms, YMCA/YWCA’s, sporting goods sales, fitness clubs, sport arenas, the Olympics, commercial recreational facilities and other sport-related agencies.
Sports Management at Utica
It's hard for me to imagine doing anything else. I love what I do now. It's such an exciting profession.
Career Opportunities
State of the Art
Real-World Experience
What You'll Learn
Year 1
- SPM 101 - Introduction to Sport Management (3)
- SPM 105 - Sports Industry Practicum I (1.5)
- ECN 131 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
- PRL 182 - Public Relations (3)
Year 2
- MGT 201 - Principles of Organization and Management (3)
- SPM 205 - Sports Industry Practicum II (1.5)
- SPM 211 - Sports Marketing (3)
- SCM 285 - Sports and The Media (3)
Year 3
- FIN 333 - Corporate Finance (3)
- SPM 305 - Sports Industry Practicum III (1.5)
- SPM 397 - Sports Event Planning and Management (3)
- PRL 372 or JLM 372 - Tools, Tactics, and Communication Channels (3)
Year 4
- SPM 405 - Sports Industry Practicum IV (1.5)
- SPM 428 - Strategic Sports Management (3)
- SPM 458 - Sports Law (3)
- SPM 470 - Internship or SPM Elective (3)
Utica University’s Sports Management curriculum incorporates classes in business, public relations, and management with liberal arts electives. Students become familiar with accounting, economics, general management, marketing, law, finance, human resources, and strategic management and leadership. Public relations courses address topics in media writing, marketing, sports marketing and law, among others.
Sports Management Faculty
- Professor of Practice-Management & Strategy
- Associate Professor of Accounting
- Professor of Practice Acct
- Professor of Economics
- Associate Professor of Accounting
- Distinguished Professor of Finance
- Distinguished Professor of Public Relations and Journalism
- Associate Professor of Management
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- Provost, SVP Academic Affairs
- Professor of Management
- Associate Professor of Economics
- Distinguished Professor of Public Relations & Management
Adjunct Sports Management Faculty
- Sports Mgmt. Practicum Coor.
- Adjunct Lecturer of Sports Management
A Degree That Works
Graduates of the Sports Management program will have the skills to enter a wide variety of careers in the business and marketing fields, including event planning, sports communication, and sports facility management at the college, amateur and professional levels.
Innovative
Professor of Practice Samuel Ferrara discusses the vast knowledge students in the Sports Management program gain, including leadership skills in management, business, and public relations, preparing them for a wide range of careers in the diverse and exciting world of sports.
Student Voices: Angela Malaspina
A brief conversation with Management major Angela Malaspina about her program, her professors, and her plans for the future.
Alumni Voices: Chris Bandura '99
Hear how Chris Bandura's experience at Utica University prepared him for an exciting career as Vice President of Media Relations and Communications for the Buffalo Sabres.
A Roadmap for Education-Sports-Entertainment Partnership
The Nexus Center is (literally) all about connections, and how to intertwine different sports and entertainment facets of Utica’s community into one. CEO of MVG and President of the Utica Comets Robert Esche has worked with local leaders to develop the plan for the Nexus Center – one of them being President of Utica University Laura Casamento.
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