Dual Degrees

Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Sport Management

Purpose and Background

The Rawls College of Business Administration and the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, in association with the Graduate School, offers a dual-degree program that enables a student to earn both the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science (MS) in Sport Management degrees in two years of academic work. This dual-degree program may be particularly beneficial to students in becoming athletic directors or senior administrators of collegiate or professional sport programs.

Structure of the Program

Both degrees will be awarded on completion of 54 semester credit hours (33 semester credit hours of business courses and 21 semester credit hours of sport management courses). This is made possible by allowing 9 semester credit hours of approved business courses to transfer as electives toward the MS and 9 semester credit hours of approved sport management courses to transfer as electives toward the MBA.

The MBA is only offered online. The MS in Sport Management may be taken entirely in person or entirely online.

MS in Sport Management

Required Courses (6 semester credit hours)

These 6 semester credit hours will transfer to the MBA.

• SPMT 5320 Sport Leadership
• SPMT 5324 Marketing and Promotion in Sport

Choose One of the Following Elective Courses (3 semester credit hours)

These 3 semester credit hours will transfer to the MBA.

• SPMT 5321 Revenue Generation in Sport
• SPMT 5325 Ethics and Morality in Sport
• SPMT 5329 Sport Event Management
• SPMT 5343 Player Personnel Management
• SPMT 5345 Administration of Intercollegiate Athletics
• SPMT 5346 Applied Sport Law
• SPMT 5347 Sport Media Management

Select Four Additional Sport Management Elective Courses (12 Semester Credit Hours)

MBA

Required Courses (24 semester credit hours)

ACCT 5301, ISQS 5345, and MGT 5391, 9 semester credit hours, will transfer to the MS.

• ACCT 5301 Financial and Managerial Accounting
• FIN 5320 Financial Management Concepts
• ISQS 5331 Information Technology and Operations Management
• ISQS 5345 Statistical Concepts for Business and Management
• MGT 5371 Managing Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design
• MGT 5372 Leadership and Ethics
• MGT 5391 Strategic and Global Management
• MKT 5360 Marketing Concepts and Strategies

Choose Three of the Following Elective Courses (9 semester credit hours)

• BA 5380 Artificial Intelligence Strategies in Business
• BECO 5310 Economic Analysis for Business
• BLAW 5390 Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Environment of Business
• HOM 5306 Introduction to Healthcare Systems
• ISQS 5330 Decision Theory and Business Analytics
• MKT 5364 Service Marketing
• MKT 5365 Advanced Professional Selling
• MKT 5370 Advanced Statistics for Marketing
• MKT 5371 Measurement and Survey Research in Marketing
• MKT 5372 Qualitative Research in Marketing
• MKT 5373 Market Forecasting and Analytics
• MKT 5374 Digital Marketing Analytics
• MKT 5375 Experimental Design and Analysis in Marketing
• MKT 5376 Consumer Behavior Research

Program Contacts

• MBA Faculty Advisor - Junior Perez
• MS in Sport Management Faculty Advisor - Jimmy Sanderson
• Graduate Admissions Coordinator - Donna Torres