Learning Outcomes
Program Goals and Student Learning Outcomes
Goal #1 Cultivate a foundation of content specific knowledge in the numerous fields within the sport industry (e.g. marketing, law, finance), and the ability to generate and acquire the appropriate resources to be an informed practitioner.
- Students will actively engage in the sport management foundations of law, ethics, leadership, marketing, and finance.
- By practicing the role of sport management professionals, students will critically explore the legal, ethical, and social environments that are part of business decisions made in the maintenance and expansion of the fields supporting sport.
- Students learn to identify, read, and evaluate information from various disciplines.
Goal #2 Provide an environment to practice and develop effective communication strategies relevant to business practices in the numerous fields within the sport industry.
- Students will enhance their writing abilities and learn industry appropriate formatting.
- Students will demonstrate competency in oral and/or visual presentations.
Goal #3 Within classroom and industry settings, provide applied learning opportunities through assignment and experiences that connect theory to practice.
- Students will seek and complete experiential opportunities that have been secured through their own efforts.
- Students will satisfactorily complete applied learning assignments.
Goal #4 Provide a framework within which students will have opportunities to develop professional perspectives.
- Students will develop professional contacts through activities in and/or out of the classroom.