Sport and Excercise Science B.S. - Sport Administration Emphasis
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Contact: Alan Morse, Ph.D., Program Coordinator
Location: Butler-Hancock Hall 261A
Telephone: 970.351.1722
Website: http://www.unco.edu/NHS/ses
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of four parts:
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Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
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Required Major Credits
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Required Minor Credits
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University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
Sports Administration is an applied field with diverse content areas and administrative populations. This major enables students to combine sport specific content and administrative practices in preparation for the continually changing world of sport administration. Student who select this emphasis are not eligible for teacher licensure in Sport and Exercise Science (120 credit hours).
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
- Prior to registering for SES 492, students must have a GPA of 2.7 or better in the SES prefix courses.
- A grade of “C” or higher is required in all SES prefix courses; the course must be retaken until a "C" or higher is achieved, C minus is not acceptable.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
Degree Requirements
1. Required Specified LAC - 9 credits
LAC area 1.b. - Intermediate Composition
| BA 205 | Business Communications | 3 |
LAC area 3.c. - Ways of Thinking
| BA 150 | Foundations of Business Thought | 3 |
LAC area 5.a. - Economic and Political Systems
Remaining LAC - 31 credits
See "Liberal Arts Core"
Required Elective Credits (choose 12 credits from the following courses)
| BACS 200 | Web Design and Development for Small Business | 3 |
| BAMK 371 | Digital Marketing | 3 |
| BAMK 478 | Social Media Marketing | 3 |
| COMM 331 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COMM 343 | Persuasion | 3 |
| ECON 310 | Economics of Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ECON 315 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| JMS 100 | Introduction to Journalism and Media Studies | 3 |
| SES 333 | Psychology of Exercise and Physical Activity | 3 |
| SES 375 | Event and Facility Management | 3 |
| SES 436 | Social Influences on Sport and Exercise Behavior | 3 |
| SES 445 | International Perspectives of Sport | 3 |
2. Required Major - 39 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| SES 270 | Introduction to Sport Administration | 3 |
| SES 300 | Management of Sport Organizations | 3 |
| SES 370 | Sport Finance | 3 |
| SES 461 | Administration and Law | 3 |
| SES 478 | Sport Marketing | 3 |
| SES 492 | Internship in Sport and Exercise Science | 1-12 |
3. Required Minor - Business Administration - 21 credits
4. University-Wide Elective Credits - 20 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree that will typically be 20 credits.