Oct 18, 2024  
2024-2025 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog

Sport Management and Leadership, B.A.


Students who have successfully completed a B.A. in Sport Management and Leadership from Lakeland University should be able to:

  • Explain the major concepts in the functional areas of sport management, leadership, sport marketing, and facilities management.
  • Construct and present effective oral and written forms of professional communication.
  • Identify the key legal and ethical issues related to contemporary sport management conduct.
  • Identify guidelines relative to diversity and inclusion in the sport industry.
  • Demonstrate content knowledge as it pertains to the sport industry.
  • Demonstrate personal characteristics such as motivation, maturity, judgment, and adaptability as they pertain to the sport industry.

Nine (9) semester hours from the following:


Students must select and successfully complete one of the following emphases:


Athletic Administration (12 semester hours)


A student is not eligible to choose this emphasis if also completing a Management emphasis.

Cooperative Education (22-26 semester hours)


*Only available to Sport Management and Leadership majors

Complete for a total of twenty to twenty-four (20-24) semester hours:


Student Designed (12 semester hours)


  • Students may propose a twelve (12) semester-hour emphasis in an area of academic interest that complements their major in the J. Garland Schilcutt School of Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Students may fulfill the emphasis requirement by completing current courses offered by the College of Business and Science, courses offered in other College of Humanities and Education, cooperative design courses, or internship experiences that are relevant to an area of interest.

Notes:


  • A student completing a major in Sport Management and Leadership is not eligible to earn a major in Business Administration or Organizational Leadership and Development with a Sport Management or Management emphasis.
    • The student may complete a major in Business Administration or Organizational Leadership and Development with a different emphasis.
  • A student completing a major in Sport Management and Leadership is not eligible to earn a minor in Cooperative Education.*
  • ^Degree restrictions apply.