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BUS-351
Sports Marketing
This course provides the student with basic knowledge and understanding of sport marketing and promotions for the educational, recreational and professional sport. The components of the course include developing products, sponsorships, special events, fund raising, public relations, promotions, and utilizing radio and television networks.
BUS-352
Sport Business and Finance
This course is designed to prepare the prospective sport manager with an overview of the major financial issues facing the sport industry. An analysis of the following areas will be undertaken; sources of revenue for sports organizations, a comparison of public and private sector funding in sports, and investment of public resources into private sporting facilities.
BUS-353
Sport Law
This application of legal principles is considered in relation to professional and amateur sports. Emphasis is placed on tort liabilities and the regulation of sport in a variety of settings. The governance structure of professional and amateur sports organizations will also be discussed.
BUS-354
Athletics Administration
This course is designed to introduce the student to the management issues
faced by administrators within collegiate and high school athletics
departments. Students will develop an understanding of issues such as
governance, scheduling, NCAA and conference compliance, gender equity
and Title IX, conference membership issues, departmental structure, and
organizational goals in athletics, legal issues, and operating procedures.
BUS-355
Facility Management
This course investigates the functions of sport managers in the design, operation, and financing of sport facilities. Students will examine the issues pertaining to management of public and private arenas, stadiums, and multipurpose facilities. Management of temporary facilities for special events will also be considered.
BUS-373
Labor and Industrial Relations
This course includes topics such as collective bargaining, union and
management negotiating strategies, the grievance process and a
consideration of public sector bargaining. The student will be expected to
complete a research paper and to review different types of grievances as a
part of their coursework.
BUS-374
Employment Law
A survey course introducing the laws that impact the employee-employer
relationship. The student will analyze how the law affects areas such as
hiring, compensation and safety as well as the laws governing discrimination.
A Pennsylvania application will be included where appropriate. The student
will be evaluated on the basis of examinations, case analysis, legal research
and Internet use.
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