Sport Management & Business Administration BS to MS

Required Coursework for the Sport Management & Business Administration BS to MS Major

Business Core Courses (30 Credits)

• ACC 201 - Financial Accounting (3)

  An introduction to the accounting concepts, principles, and techniques used in recording business transactions. The accounting cycle, the measurement of income and valuation problems, reporting of financial position and results of operations for business enterprise are explored. Prerequisite: CAT 102.

• ACC 202 - Managerial Accounting (3)

  An introduction to concepts and methods to assist management in the evaluation of the business enterprise and to aid in its planning, organizing, and controlling functions. Topics include cost systems, break-even analysis, flexible budgets, variance analysis, and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: ACC 201.

• BUS 239 - Business Law I (3)

  This course is designed to afford the student a background of basic legal principles, concepts and the nature of the judicial process. The first part of the course is devoted to the legal environment of business, including common law, statutory and administrative law, federal and state court structure, theories of law, court procedure, conflicts of law and forms of dispute resolution. This is followed by a detailed study of contracts including basic elements, interpretation, remedies for breach, assignment and discharge. The course concludes with agency and employment.

• MGT 305 - Organizational Behavior and Management (3)

  Organizational behavior as it relates to the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling is the focus of this course. Examination is made of the individual's role within the organization, of interpersonal influence and group behavior, and of organizational processes.

• MGT 325 - Business Processes and Supply Chain Management (3)

  This course focuses on the design, management and continuous improvement of operations processes, that is, the processes used to produce goods and services. Both manufacturing and service operations will be studied. Prerequisites: BUS 311, MGT 305.

• MKT 306 - Principles of Marketing (3)

  This course studies the interacting business activities designed to plan, price, promote and distribute want-satisfying products and services to present and potential customers. The course incorporates current developments in marketing to acquaint students with the present-day challenges of marketing activities.

• BUS 311 - Applications of Statistics In Business (3)

  Use of statistics to inform business decision-makers. Topics include decision-making, sampling, forecasting, analysis of variance, multiple regression, and statistical process control. Prerequisite: MAT 108, MAT 152, CS 180.

• BUS 315 - Introduction To Information Systems (3)

  This course introduces students to the basic concepts and developments in information systems. Areas of study include computer technology, information system concepts, information systems development, and the use of technology in organizations. Students gain hands-on experience by suing microcomputers to solve business problems. Prerequisite: CS 180.

• FIN 319 - Managerial Finance (3)

  Financial techniques and analysis for business decision-making which build upon the prerequisites of economics, accounting, and statistical methods. The major tools include cash flow, financial statement structure and analysis, the time value of money, and risk. Specific topics studied with these tools include working capital management, asset investment and capital budgeting, corporate financial structure and the choice of debt vs. equity financing, financial market valuations, and the financial implications of business strategic decisions. Prerequisites: ACC 201, ECO 201, ECO 202.

• MGT 352 - Human Resources Management (3)

  The focus of this survey course is to equip the prospective manager with an understanding of the personnel-related issues involved in effective management of his/her employees. Topic areas discussed include human resources planning, recruitment, selection and training/development, Equal Employment Opportunity laws and their application, performance evaluation, and quality of work life and labor management relations. Prerequisites: MGT 305.

Sport Management (30 Credits)

• SMB 250 - Sport and Recreational Management (3)

  An introduction to the fields of sport and recreational management; overview of theories of management and administration to sports and recreation.

• SMB 360 - Leisure Planning & Programming (3)

  Provides a basic understanding of the knowledge, skills, and values required for successful planning & programming of leisure services for all populations. Presents the steps necessary to establish, market, and manage the human and financial resources in leisure activities. Includes observations of recreational programs, including those in aging communities, tourism, etc. Prerequisite: SMB 250.

• SMB 380 - Facility Design and Event Management (3)

  Includes knowledge of the various types of indoor and outdoor facilities, fiscal management, technological advances in equipment, planning of facilities, and event management. Corequisite: MGT 325.

• SMB 440 - Sport Marketing, Promotions, and Fundraising (3)

  An investigation of the principles, applications, and techniques of marketing, promotions, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising within the various sporting industries. Prerequisite: MKT 306

• SMB 444 - Financial Applications to Sport (3)

  Applies principles of finance to budgeting, operations, and business decision-making in various sport and exercise-related settings (e.g., schools, colleges, pro teams, retail establishments, and corporations). Prerequisites: BUS 311, ACC 201, FIN 319.

• SMB 470 - Sport Management Law (3)

  This course presents students with the Law affecting participation, supervision and administration of amateur, professional, and recreational sport as it affects the management of sport. Students explore how the legal system applies to the sport industry and impacts managerial decisions. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, tort law, risk management, contract law, constitutional law, gender equity, discrimination, intellectual property law, and antitrust law. Students will examine how prior cases impact future decisions, as well as analyze and apply the law to specific cases. Prerequisite: BUS 239.

• SMB 480 - Contemporary Issues and Ethics In Sport (3)

  The senior “capstone” course for all Sport Management majors which integrates the knowledge and concepts gained from prior work and field experiences with real life situations in sport. Examines the positive and negative consequences of the way sport is organized, management, and reported in American society by drawing from current events and articles. Provides a philosophical overview of the values that sport personifies in today’s society. Prerequisite: Senior status.

• SMB 499 - Internship in Sport Management (9 credits)

  Intensive, senior-level supervised work experience in Sport Management (SM). An evening seminar and/or written report of experiences may be included. In order to be permitted to represent Barry University in the public sector, students approved for off-campus internships must, in addition to satisfying stipulated academic requirements in the major, meet personal and professional standards established by national governing bodies. Students must be currently certified in CPR/AED and First Aid. All internship assignments are local in order to provide appropriate faculty supervision. Rare exceptions may be made for offsite internships by the Dept. Chair for exceptional students who have demonstrated superior academic performance and the ability for self-motivation. Students must be able to provide personal transportation to all internship affiliations and absorb expenses related thereto. A total of 12 cr. hrs. is required for all SES majors. Students must be in academic “Good Standing” in their SES major as well as prior approval of the Program Coordinator and Dept. Chair. 

Sport Management Graduate Requirements (30 Credits)

Sport Management Core

• SMB 533 - Sport Marketing Management (3)

  Presents a comprehensive examination of basic marketing functions and concepts as applied to sport-related enterprise, including school/college athletic programs, fitness centers, etc. Helps the students analyze and make recommendations about sport business problems that involve the creation, distribution, and sale of sporting goods and services. Emphasizes the resolution of sport marketing problems, demand analysis, consumer analysis, and market analysis.

• SMB 544 - Financial Applications to Sport (3)

  Applies financial principles to various professional collegiate or high school level sport programs, as well as exercise-related settings. The course will provide the student with a practical background regarding the principles of financial management and financial statements for the purposes of planning, administering, reporting, and evaluating the financial performance of sport-related entities. Prerequisites: MAT 152, ACC 201, ECO 201, FIN 319, or equivalents.

• SMB 616 - Research Methods (3)

  Examines research methods and designs used in a variety of exercise and sport-related settings. Emphasizes the development of research techniques, including the ability to define research problems, write hypotheses, review and interpret literature, apply research designs, and organize, analyze, and present data. Studies basic descriptive statistics for measurement and research (statistical notation, measures of central tendency and variability, probability and sampling techniques, linear regression and correlation and an introduction to statistical inference).

• SMB 621 - Ethics and Social Issues in Sport (3)

  A seminar style course which reviews and discuss current issues impacting the sport professional in the fields of sport managemenT. Includes an analysis of the processes and values that create, sustain, and transform sport in today's society. Emphasis is placed on practicing and promoting ethics and human values while managing and operating professionally within any sport enterprise.

Internship

• SMB 679 - Internship/Project (6)

  Designed in close consultation with one's Graduate Committee and the industry sponsoring organization or site. Intended to develop greater breadth and depth of understanding of a respective discipline through a full immersion experience in a real life setting outside the classroom. Requires a written project to be submitted to a graduate faculty committee for evaluation. Concludes as the student presents orally the findings related to his/her project and defends conclusions against questions raised by the faculty review committee. Prerequisite: Passing grade on written comprehensive exam and Graduate Committee approval. Sport & Ex. Psych. students pursuing the "applied" option are only required to enroll in three (3) credits. All other graduate students must enroll in a total of six (6) credits, which can be split across two consecutive terms at three (3) credits per term, subject to prior approval from one's Graduate Committee.

• Electives (12 Credits)

  12 Credits of SMB, MBA, SES electives from approved list.

Thesis

• SMB 689 - Thesis I (3)

  Provides the initiation, implementation and evaluation of a scholarly investigation. Requires students to submit a written research proposal for approval by a thesis/project committee and present an oral proposal to that committee. Culminates with an approved written thesis proposal report as well as submission of IRB documents for approval. Prerequisite: SES 616, passing grade on written comprehensive exam, and Graduate Committee approval.

• SMB 690 Thesis II (3)

  Provides the implementation and culmination of a scholarly investigation. Requires students to submit a final written thesis document and successfully present an oral thesis defense to the thesis committee. This course culminates with a final thesis document being submitted to the Barry University Library. This final thesis document will include all final changes required and signatures by the thesis committee members. Prerequisites: SES 689 Thesis I, pass with B or better. May be taken concurrently with SES 689 subject to approval from one's Graduate Committee.

• SMB 624/SES 630 - (3)

  SMB 624 Advanced Statistics in SES (3)

  Examines advanced competencies to conceptualize, design, analyze, report, and publish quantitative research that delivers new and useful knowledge. Emphasis is placed on a variety of common statistical procedures in the Sport and Exercise Sciences and the assumptions and criteria for selection that underlies each. The ethical issues associated with design, data collection, data analysis, and data reporting are also emphasized. This course balances its presentation of research theory and computer-based tools with application to real world problems in Sport and Exercise Science. Prerequisite: SES 616

  SES 630 Advanced Quantitative Research (3)

  This course examines advanced qualitative research methods and designs used in a variety of exercise and sport-related settings. It is designed to familiarize graduate students with the qualitative research process from the formation of the research question to the submission of a manuscript for editorial review. The course emphasizes the development of qualitative research techniques, including the ability to define research problems, understanding philosophical grounds, develop research question(s), review and interpret literature and methodologies, apply research designs, and organize, analyze and present data. Prerequisite: SES 616

   

• Electives (9 Credits)

  9 credits of SMB, MBA, SES electives from approved list.

Course Electives

• SMB 530 - Managing the Sport Enterprise (3)

  Provides a broad overview of various sport management enterprises with emphasis on sources of industry information and practical uses of such information. Analyzes internal and external environmental factors that impact on short and long term operations in the sport enterprise. Addresses the management specifics of how to plan, organize, control, and direct a sport enterprise as well as decision-making and communication skills necessary to be a successful manager.

• SMB 533 - Sport Marketing Management (3)

  Presents a comprehensive examination of basic marketing functions and concepts as applied to sport-related enterprise, including school/college athletic programs, fitness centers, etc. Helps the students analyze and make recommendations about sport business problems that involve the creation, distribution, and sale of sporting goods and services. Emphasizes the resolution of sport marketing problems, demand analysis, consumer analysis, and market analysis.

• SMB 600 - Advanced Studies (3)

  Opportunity for further study and research in areas of special interest. Prerequisite: Department Chair approval.

• SES 630 - Advanced Quantitative Research (3)

  This course examines advanced qualitative research methods and designs used in a variety of exercise and sport-related settings. It is designed to familiarize graduate students with the qualitative research process from the formation of the research question to the submission of a manuscript for editorial review. The course emphasizes the development of qualitative research techniques, including the ability to define research problems, understanding philosophical grounds, develop research question(s), review and interpret literature and methodologies, apply research designs, and organize, analyze and present data. Prerequisite: SES 616

• SMB 652 - Labor Relations in Sport (3)

  An in depth analysis of employment and labor relations encountered in the contemporary practice and business of sport, the course will allow students to gain expertise in contract, employment, labor, and antitrust. Civil rights, and federal and state statutes will also be addressed.

• SMB 663 - Risk Management (3)

  An introduction to risk management and its application to sport. The course will enable students to identify, evaluate, and control loss to personal and real property, clients and students, employees, and the public. Losses may result in injury, death, destruction of property, financial failure, or harm to reputation. Students will become familiar with systems used in assessing risks in the sport industry.

• SMB 531 - Media Relations in Sport (3)

  Study of the interaction between professional and collegiate sports and the media. Knowledge of studio equipment is helpful but not required. Same as COM 531.

• SMB 532 - Facilities and Event Planning (3)

  An in-depth study of the principles, guidelines and recommendations for facility planning, management, and operations as well as a foundation for event planning and production.

• SMB 535 - Managing Professional Sport (3)

  Discusses and analyzes major issues facing managers of a professional sport franchise. Focuses on topics such as corporate structure, finance, player negotiations, contracts, press relations, auxiliary enterprises, and community impact.

• SES 537 - Sport Psychology (3)

  Provides an in-depth focus on the conceptual elements of contemporary psychoanalytic, cognitive, social, existential, and systematic theories of personality and behavior change as applied to sport. Includes selected readings, lectures, and student discussion. Seeks to develop an appreciation for the psychology of optimal performance, as well as other psychological issues involved in the evaluation and future directions of contemporary sport. Critically examines the gender, class, and culture adequacy of sport psychology theory.

• SES 618 - Fitness and Wellness Promotion (3)

  Examines health promotion programs in a variety of settings including program components, assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation. Discusses case studies from health-related programs to assist students in developing wellness and health promotion philosophy and strategies.

• SMB 686 - Advanced Practicum (3)

  An intensive field or laboratory experience in athletic training, exercise physiology, exercise leadership, sport management, biomechanics, or sport and exercise psychology. Emphasis will be on independent work and research experience, and assignments may include assisting with research projects, collecting pilot study data for the thesis or internship project, or completing a requisite number of clinical hours in order to pursue professional certification. Prerequisites: SES 561 and 616 (for Exercise Physiology students only)

• MBA 601 - Human Resource Management (3)

  This survey course is designed to provide the line manager of staff specialist with an expanded understanding of the processes which management utilizes today to ensure that the right number/ quality of persons are being hired, that appropriate governmental polices provide a work environment which encourages cost-competitive labor costs and maximum worker satisfaction.

• MBA 605 - Entrepreneurial Management (3)

  An overview of the managerial function of the operations of the Small Business Enterprise with emphasis on planning, organizing and controlling. Specific attention is devoted to demand analysis, developing the business plan, and financing through Small Business Administration and other financial agencies. Innovation and leadership are pervasive concepts.

• MBA 660 - Managerial Accounting (3)

  Accounting cycle, relevance and limitations of cost information in managerial decision-making; emphasis on cost systems, determination and allocation of overhead, analysis of cost variances, direct costing, flexible budgets, break-even analysis, and capital budgeting.

• MBA 681 - Economics for Strategic Decisions (3)

  This course emphasizes the application of macroeconomic and microeconomic theory in management decision-making and in the development and implementation of business strategy and tactics. The course focuses on techniques and models for monitoring and analyzing macroeconomic conditions; international economic trends and the production, cost, and pricing decision of firms under different market structures. Prerequisites: BUS 511W and 513W or their equivalents.