MBA Sport Management Curriculum
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Stay Ahead of the Game
with a Nichols MBA in Sport Management
Now you can combine a love of business with a love of sports, and do it all online. Nichols College has partnered with the United States Sports Academy to create the country's first accredited, 100% online MBA with an emphasis in sport management.
This is the kind of degree that opens doors in the sport and business field, and all you need is a computer and access to the Internet.
Students complete 36 - 45 credits in three levels of courses: Common Skills, Business Essentials, and Practical Choices as indicated below. There are four disciplines of choice including Accounting & Finance, Economics; and Management Decision Making,and Marketing.
A student's program of study will be dependant on the number of Common Skills courses the student needs. This will be determined by the Assistant Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies upon receipt of the student's official undergraduate transcript(s). Students must complete a program of study that includes the appropriate number of Common skills courses, Business Essentials and Practical Choice electives.
The MBA in Sport Management is offered in conjunction with the United States Sports Academy.
Common Skills (3-21 credits)
Students who have completed undergraduate business courses with a C or better may be permitted to waive Common Skills courses after evaluation of an official undergraduate transcript.
GSB 501 Effective Business Communication *required
GSB 502 Management Theory
GSB 503 Business Quantitative Tools & Statistics
GSB 504 Accounting for Managers
GSB 505 Marketing for Managers
GSB 506 Financial Management
GSB 507 Applied Economics
Business Essentials (9 credits)
SAB 561 Contemporary Issues in Sports *required
GSB 602 The Leadership Experience *required
GSB 603 International Business *required
Practical Choices (12-21 credits)
A minimum of one SAM course must be taken from each of the Practical Choice areas.
Accounting & Finance
Marketing Management
SAM 545 Sports Finance
SAM 544 Sports Marketing
GSB 701 Managerial Cost Analysis
SAM 551 Public Relations in Sports
GSB 702 Taxation for Managers
GSB 721 Sales Management
GSB 703 Financial Reporting
GSB 722 Marketing Research
GSB 704 International Finance
GSB 723 New Product Develop
GSB 705 Financial Decision Making
GSB 724 International Mktg
GSB 706 Mgmt Accounting & Control
GSB 725 Marketing Strategies
GSB 707 Investments & Securities
GSB 727 E-commerce Strategy
Management Decision Making
Economics
SAM 543 Sports Administration
SAM 586 Sports Law & Risk Mgmt
SAM 582 Sports Facilities
GSB 711 Managerial Econ
GSB 731 Entrepreneurship
GSB 712 International Econ
GSB 732 Operations Management
GSB 713 Monetary & Fiscal Pol
GSB 733 HR Management
GSB 714 Bus, Govt, Global Econ
GSB 734 Advanced Statistical Techniques
GSB 736 Internet Lit & Web Page Design
Capstone Course (3 credits)
GSB 800 Strategic Management *required