Program Coordinator: Demetri Tsanacas
Phone Number: (540) 365-4318
e-mail: dtsanacas@ferrum.edu


The major involves a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum that provides a highly specialized education for the student to become a professional in the industry of sports. Students who complete the program may find careers in professional and collegiate sports, retail sporting goods, sports information, resorts, management, administration, marketing, fitness and wellness facilities. The curriculum provides a solid foundation for those who intend to go to graduate school. The major involves a core of common courses completed by all sport management majors and three areas of concentration which provide opportunities for students to focus on a particular career interest. Emphasis areas include: (a) Sports Information Management/ Journalism. Selected by the student who would like to seek careers as sport journalists, sport information directors, athletic conference officers, or working in sport public relations. This concentration has a strong journalism component. (b) Sport Marketing. Selected by the student who would like to seek careers such as marketing directors for intercollegiate athletic programs, professional sports, sales representatives for sporting goods companies, conference offices and public relations. This concentration has a strong business component. (c) Sport Management. Selected by the student who seeks positions such as school/college athletic director, business manager, sport facility management, sport administrator, tournament/events directors. This concentration has a strong business component.

Required Distribution Courses
ACC 201 Principles of Acct. (3 hours)
ECO 202 Principles of Econ. Micro (3 hours)
MTH 112 Pre-Calculus (3 hours)
MTH 206 Introductory Statistics (3 hours)
SOC 204 Sociology of Sports (3 hours)
COM 201 Public Speaking (3 hours)
Total Distribution Hours 18

Required Common Courses:
PEH 250 Introduction to Sports Mgmt. (3 hours)
BUS 230 Com. Applications or higher (3 hours)
BUS 308 Business Communications (3 hours)
PHI 311 Business Ethics (3 hours)
BUS 315 Business Law (3 hours)
PEH 335 Hist. and Philosophy of Physical Ed. and Sports (3 hours)
PSY 345 Sports Psychology (3 hours)
PEH 126, 226, 326, 426 Spt. Mgt. Prct. or ENG 131, 132, 231 for Journalism concentration (3 hours)
PEH 402 Org. and Adm. of Sport (3 hours)
PEH 499 Internship (4 hours)
Total 31

EMPHASIS AREAS: In addition to completing required common courses, students must complete the requirements within one of the following emphasis areas to complete the major.

(A) Emphasis Area: Sports Information/ JournalismRequired
HUM 250 Com. Apps. for Humanities, or Telecommunications & the Web Page (3 hours)
ENG 311 News Writing and Editing (3 hours)
ENG 312 Feature Writing and Prod. (3 hours)
ART 217 Intro. to Photography (3 hours)

6 Hours From the Following:
ENG 315 Media Management (3 hours)
ART 317 Intermeditate Photography (3 hours)
ENG 318 Creative Writing (3 hours)
ENG 338 Rhetoric (3 hours)
ENG 433 Small Group Communication (3 hours)
ENG 461 Professional Writing (3 hours)
Total Semester Hours 18

(B) Emphasis Area: Sports Marketing Required
ACC 202 Principles of Accounting (3 hours)
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (3 hours)
BUS 303 Principles of Management (3 hours)
BUS 304 Advertising (3 hours)
BUS 311 Marketing (3 hours)

3 Hours from the Following:
BUS 305 Sales Management (3 hours)
BUS 313 Business Finance (3 hours)
BUS 410 Marketing Research (3 hours)
CSC 330 Telecom. and the Web Page (3 hours)
Total Hours 18

(C) Emphasis Area: Sports Management Required
ACC 202 Principles of Accounting (3 hours)
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (3 hours)
BUS 303 Principles of Management (3 hours)
REC 413 Fac. Pln., Dev. & Maint. (3 hours)

6 Hours from the following:
BUS 311 Marketing (3 hours)
BUS 313 Business Finance (3 hours)
BUS 403 Human Resources Mgmt. (3 hours)
CSC 330 Telecom. & the Web Page or
BUS 325 Advanced Comp. Appl. (3 hours)
Total Semester Hours 18

Total Hours Required in Major 49