Sport Management
The Sport Management Certificate Program provides students with an introduction to the sport industry from both an academic and practical perspective. Through completion of several classes offered by the Department Exercise and Sports Studies, along with several interdisciplinary classes, students are given the rudiments necessary for further study in the field, as well as providing career preparation (strategic management, organizational leadership and change, marketing and sales tactics, fundamental research, creative problem solving, etc.).
Advisor:
Mark Orlando (mdorlando@ucsb.edu)
(805) 893-2146
Required Classes | |
Required Interdisciplinary Courses: | |
| 1) (Choose one) | ECON 1, ECON 2,ECON 3A, ECON 9 |
| 2) (Choose one) | COMM 1, SOC 1, PSY 1 |
| 3) (Choose one) | COMM 87, PSTAT 5A, PSTAT 109, PSY 5, HS AP STATS |
Required ESS Courses: | |
| ESS 100 | Research, Inquiry & Entrepreneurship in Exercise & Sport |
| ESS 130 | Sport Administration |
| ESS 131 or ESS 132 | Sport & Exercise Psychology or Sport Sociology |
| ESS 140 | Sport Management |
| ESS 160 | Current Issues in Sport Management |
Internship: | |
| ESS 193 | Internship in Exercise Science, Physical Education & Sport (internship is not required, but encouraged) |