This course provides students with knowledge and skills required in the gaming industry and electronic sports (E-Sports). Students are introduced to the growth and structure of the esport industry, esport design, and management. Students will gain hands-on experience hosting esport events and develop knowledge and skills required by the sport and esport industries.
This course provides a review of financial, statistical, and mathematical models as they relate to sports team performance, administration, marketing, and business management. Students will work with data and models relating to sports team performance, tactics, and strategy. Students employ modeling methods in studying player and team valuation, sports media, ticket pricing, game-day events management, […]
The focus is on how people behave in sport settings: motivation, anger, fear, and how such emotions affect performance; how emotions can be moderated and how behaviors can be made more effective are covered. Issues related to stress, burnout and depression in sports will be addressed.
This course is designed to provide sport management students with practical work experience in a sport management environment.
This course is an introduction to sport entrepreneurship principles, including product development, sales and distribution, social media, fundraising, valuation, and exit strategies.
This course examines financial and accounting considerations relative to Sport Management, including: budgeting, fundraising, financial statements and accounting, and the economic impact of sport events. Emphasis will be placed on hands-on learning and practical finance and accounting skills for sports professionals.