Sport Management (Business Emphasis)
Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Sport Management (Business Emphasis)
2006-2007
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters. Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions. A minimum of 124 credit hours, of which 45 hours must be upper division credit (3000-4000 level), is required for this degree (developmental courses are excluded). Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program. Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1				Year 1
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	X	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	X
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	X	CIT 1503	Intro to Microcomputers	3
SCOM 1203	Oral Communications	3	X	ART or MUS or THEA 2503	Fine Arts Music or Visual or Thea	3	X
HIST 1013 or 1023	World Civilization to 1660/Since 1660	3	X	PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	X
HPES 1913	Intro to PE (FYE)	3	X	SOC 2213	Intro to Sociology	3	X
				HIST 2763 or 2773 or POSC 2103	US to or since 1876 or Intro to American Government	3	X
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		17
Year 2				Year 2
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
PE 1883	Foundations of Physical Education	3		BUAD 2023	Business Law	3
BIOL 1003	Biological Science	3	X	CHEM 1013 or PHSC 1203 or GEOL 1003 or PHYS 1003 or PHYS 2034 or PHYS 2054	Gen Chem I or Physical Science or Environmental Geology or Intro to Space Science or University Physics I or General Physics I	3
BIOL 1001	Biological Science Lab	1	X	CHEM 1001 or PHSC 1201 or GEOL 1001 or PHYS 1101	Lab for above	1	X
PSY 2013	Intro to Psychology	3	X	ART or MUS or THEA 2503	Fine Arts Music or Visual or Theatre or Intro to Lit I or II or Philosophy (select course not previously taken)	3	X
ENG 2003 or 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Literature I or II or Intro to Philosophy	3	X	ACCT 2023	Fund. of Accounting Concepts	3	X
Elective	Student's choice	3		Enhancement	Gen ed course not previously taken or select from enhancement list	3	X
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		16
Year 3				Year 3
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
SCOM 3203	Business & Professional Speech	3		PR 3003	Principles of Public Relations	3
PE 3893	Sports in America	3		PE 3853	Sports Promotion & Sales Mgt	3
PE 3863	Econ & Financial Mgt in Sport	3		PE 3873	Facility/Event Mgt in Sport	3
FIN 3713	Business Finance	3		PE 4773	Org & Mgt of Sport Programs	3
MGMT 3613	Leadership	3		MGMT 3143	Human Resource Management	3
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		15
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
PE 4743	Legal Issues in Sport	3		PE 4843	Philosophy & Ethics in Sport	3
PE 4853	Applied Psych of Sport & Exercise	3		MGMT 3153	Organizational Behavior	3
PE 4873	Org & Admin of Interscholastic Athl.	3		ES 3743	Research & Stats	3
FIN 4743	Managerial Finance	3		HPES 4896	Internship	6
MKTG 3013	Marketing	3
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		15
Total Jr/Sr Hours		45		Total Degree Hours		124

Graduation Requirements:
Completion of HIST 2763 or HIST 2773 or POSC 2103
English Proficiency (Grade of C or better in ENG 1003 and ENG 1013)
2.00 GPA in Major
2.00 GPA at ASU
2.00 GPA Overall
Maximum of 31 credit hours via correspondence, extension, examination, PLA, Military or similar means; CLEP (30 hrs max)
45 JR/SR Hours after completing 30 hours
124 Total Credit Hours
18 of last 24 hours must be ASU-Jonesboro courses
Minimum of 57 hours from 4-year institutions
32 Resident Hours if completing second degree and first degree was not from ASU-J
Note: Sport Management courses are also offered during the Summer terms- check with your advisor for summer term offering