The Role of Sports Economics in the Sport Management Curriculum
The Role of Sports Economics in the Sport Management Curriculum
The Role of Sports Economics in the Sport Management Curriculum
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Table 5: Colleges/Schools Offer<strong>in</strong>g Undergraduate <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Degrees<br />
College Name Number Percent <strong>of</strong> Total<br />
Education 39 27.66<br />
NA 31 21.99<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess 20 14.18<br />
Health Related 20 14.18<br />
Arts and Sciences 9 6.38<br />
Miscellaneous 8 5.67<br />
Human Performance/K<strong>in</strong>esiology/Exercise 7 4.96<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional/Graduate 7 4.96<br />
<strong>the</strong> curriculum and students may be required to take a number <strong>of</strong> courses not directly related<br />
to sport management as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> curriculum. Second, many sport management programs<br />
grew out <strong>of</strong> physical education and still operate as part <strong>of</strong> physical education departments.<br />
This relationship can have an important effect on <strong>the</strong> curriculum and <strong>the</strong> perception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
sport management program <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r departments, because it is not uncommon to f<strong>in</strong>d sport<br />
management courses taught by “former physical education faculty who were ‘self taught’ <strong>in</strong><br />
sport management” <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se programs (page 225). Third, he notes that a small but grow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
number <strong>of</strong> sport management programs are stand-alone academic departments. This also<br />
has an important effect on <strong>the</strong> curricula because <strong>the</strong>se departments tend to be small and not<br />
provided with sufficient resources to adequately serve <strong>the</strong>ir students. Fourth, he highlights<br />
<strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relationship between sport management programs and bus<strong>in</strong>ess schools,<br />
because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> close relationship between sport management and bus<strong>in</strong>ess school research<br />
and curricula. Many sport management undergraduate and graduate students benefit from<br />
access to courses <strong>of</strong>fered <strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess schools, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g economics courses when <strong>the</strong> economics<br />
department is <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess school, market<strong>in</strong>g, management and account<strong>in</strong>g. When sport<br />
management students can enroll <strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess school courses, <strong>the</strong> sport management faculty<br />
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