Master of Science in Sport Management (Thesis)

The Sport Management graduate program is designed to provide the graduate with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to engage in the practice of management in a variety of settings. The goals and objectives of the program are guided by, but are not limited to, the criteria and guidelines set forth by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).

The program aims to provide a broad-based, comprehensive curriculum, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration that prepares a sport management practitioner to:

plan, develop, implement and evaluate programs of service designed to meet local community, state, regional, national and international needs,
administer and manage a sport management service,
articulate and apply sport management principles, intervention approaches, rationales, and expected outcomes of service,
be innovators and leaders in the profession, applying sport management knowledge to the solution of complex sport managerial issues and health problems,
demonstrate an attitude of inquiry and nurture the capacity for creative thinking, critical analysis and problem solving, to interpret and apply related research results to sport management practice.

Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited four-year institution. Students with a baccalaureate degree from an unaccredited or otherwise accredited institution should see Unaccredited or Otherwise Accredited Student Admission.

Applicants must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 on a four-point scale or a 3.0 grade point average on the last 30 semester hours.

Make a satisfactory score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 193 (computer-based test), 70 (Internet-based test), or 523 (paper test). Make a satisfactory score on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS): score of 6.0.

Application deadline: Fall - June 1; Spring - November 1.