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Physical Education-Sport Management Emphasis, A.A.

  • Overview
  • Faculty
  • Admissions Requirements
  • Major
  • Learning Outcomes

Department website: https://academics.potomacstatecollege.edu/majors/two-year-programs/physical-education-sport-management-emphasis

Degree Offered

  • Associate of Arts

Nature of the Program

The Sport Management major is designed to prepare students for a dynamic career in the rapidly changing sports industry. Opportunities related to this major extend far beyond the scope of professional sports. The program helps students develop critical and ethical awareness, and a better understanding of the commercial, economic, political, and social issues related to sport.

Graduates will be equipped with skills like management and leadership, sport marketing and finance, and specialized problem solving abilities that will help them have a positive impact on outcomes in their sport organizations. By melding innovative courses with expert instruction, the Potomac State College Sport Management program trains and prepares students for one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S.

Career Opportunities

Four-year graduates are prepared to pursue careers in a variety of areas: sport marketing, fan relations, sponsorship, intercollegiate & interscholastic athletics, community recreation & sport centers, city parks & recreation departments, sport goods & marketing companies, sport communication, facility operation & management, event management, compliance, fundraising.


Faculty

Chair

  • Cassandra Pritts - M.A. History (Duquesne University)
    Year @ PSC (2011)

Associate professor

  • Doug Little - M.S. Physical Education (Eastern Kentucky University)
    Year @ PSC (1999)

Assistant professor

  • Donald Schafer - M.S. Physical Education (West Virginia University)
    Year @ PSC (2017)

Admissions

Entering freshmen are admitted directly into the major.

Benchmark Expectations

Sport Management majors must earn a B- or better in SM 167 and a C- or better in all other courses for graduation. All majors must meet with their advisor every semester. Students who do not meet these benchmarks may be removed from their major. 

Students planning to continue at WVU-Morgantown will also need to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5.  

General Education Foundations

Please use this link to view a list of courses that meet each GEF requirement.

NOTE: Some major requirements will fulfill specific GEF requirements. Please see the curriculum requirements listed below for details on which GEFs you will need to select.

Course List
Code Title Hours
General Education Foundations
F1 - Composition & Rhetoric3-6
ENGL 101
& ENGL 102
Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric
and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
or ENGL 103
Accelerated Academic Writing
F2A/F2B - Science & Technology4-6
F3 - Math & Quantitative Reasoning3-4
F4 - Society & Connections3
F5 - Human Inquiry & the Past3
F6 - The Arts & Creativity3
F7 - Global Studies & Diversity3
F8 - Focus (may be satisfied by completion of a minor, double major, or dual degree)9
Total Hours31-37

Please note that not all of the GEF courses are offered at all campuses. Students should consult with their advisor or academic department regarding the GEF course offerings available at their campus.

Curriculum Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
GEF Requirements (2, 6, and 7)9
ENGL 101
& ENGL 102
Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric
and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research (GEF 1)
6
Select one of the following (GEF 3):3
MATH 121
Intro Concepts Of Mathematics
MATH 124
Algebra with Applications
ACCT 201Principles of Accounting 13
BUSA 320Survey of Management3
COMM 104Fundamentals of Public Communication (GEF 5)3
COMM 306Organizational Communication 3
CS 101Intro to Computer Applications (GEF 2)4
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics (GEF 4)3
MDIA 101Media and Society (GEF 8)3
SEP 272Introduction to Sport and Performance Psychology (GEF 8)3
SEP 371Sport in American Society (GEF 8 - minimum grade C-)3
SM 167Introduction to Sport Management *3
Select one of the following:3
ACE 256
Foundations of Coaching
BMAN 320
Legal Environment of Business
BMAN 340
Principles of Finance
MDIA 225S
Media Tools & Applications
PET 101
Games in American Culture
ECON 202
Principles of Macroeconomics
SOWK 147
Human Diversity
WVUE 191First Year Seminar1
Electives7
Total Hours60

Suggested Plan of Study

First Year
FallHoursSpringHours
COMM 104 (GEF 5)3ENGL 101 (GEF 1)3
Select one of the following (GEF 3):3SEP 371 (GEF 8)3
MATH 121
 CS 101 (GEF 2)4
MATH 124
 GEF 73
MDIA 101 (GEF 8)3Elective2
SM 1673 
WVUE 1911 
Elective2 
 15 15
Second Year
FallHoursSpringHours
SEP 272 (GEF 8)3ECON 201 (GEF 4)3
ENGL 102 (GEF 1)3COMM 3063
ACCT 2013GEF 63
BUSA 3203Advisor-Approved Elective:3
GEF 23
ACE 256
 
 
BMAN 320
 
 
BMAN 340
 
 
ECON 202
 
 
MDIA 225S
 
 
SOWK 147
 
 
PET 101
 
 Elective 3
 15 15
Total credit hours: 60

Major Learning Outcomes

PE - Sport Management

The goal of the program is for students to graduate with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to prepare them for a career in the field of sport management at the post-baccalaureate level or for continued studies at the graduate level.

  • Content Knowledge - Students will demonstrate knowledge and disciplinary concepts related to sport management.  
  • Reflection and Critical Thinking - Students will demonstrate reflection and critical thinking in order to refine professional knowledge and practice.
  • Programming and Assessment - Students will demonstrate evidence-based knowledge and skills (and best practices) for assessing needs and for designing, implementing and evaluating sport related settings/organizations.
  • Professionalism and Ethics - Students will demonstrate professional behaviors, including commitment to excellence, valuing diversity and collaboration, service to others, techniques for lifelong learning.
  • Technology - Students will be able to demonstrate the use of different forms of technology to allow them to function effectively within a sport management setting.
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  • Physical Education-​Physical Education Teacher Emphasis
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