Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sports, Entertainment and Arts Management - Major


The Bachelor of Science program in Sports and Entertainment Management provides students with an education that will allow them to transform their interest in the sports and entertainment field into a rewarding career and life’s work. Our objective is also to provide students the opportunity to acquire a multitude of skills that would be applicable and transferable to many diverse career paths.

The Sports and Entertainment Management major focuses on the business of Sports and Entertainment, including an in depth analysis of such area as Marketing, Data Analysis, Finance, Fundraising, Accounting, Professional Communications, Teamwork & Collaboration, Project Management, Legal Issues, and Macroeconomic trends as they specifically relate to each student’s specific area of interest. Thus, students in this major do not have to be practicing athletes, musicians, dancers, artists or entertainers.

Student Learning Outcomes

The specific learning outcomes of the Sports and Entertainment Management major directly relate to the student-centered objectives of the program and include:

  1. Analyze, integrate and utilize principles and information from appropriate disciplines to create opportunities and develop solutions in the creative environment of sports and entertainment organizations. 
  2. Develop and apply a high level of professional interpersonal, presentation, and written communication skills across physical and virtual platforms to excel in sports and entertainment organizations.
  3. Develop personal and collaborative competencies needed to excel as a team member, manager and leader in sports and entertainment organizations. 
  4. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and utilize data-driven evidence for analysis and creative decision making in the context of sports and entertainment organizations.
  5. Develop the ability to identify and understand the influence of local, regional and global external forces on the sports and entertainment field. 

Core Curriculum Requirements


All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures  for specific core curriculum requirements. 

Sample Program


FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ACS 101 Academic and College Success   1 ENGW 102 Argument and Research   3
ENGW 101 Exposition   3 ECO.Q 102 Principles of Microeconomics  PEQ (3) 3
PEQ FYS (1) 3 PEQ (4) 3
PEQ (2) 3 BLDR 202 Data Analysis and Decision Making   3
BLDR 222 Organizational Behavior    3 MKT 216 Principles of Marketing   3
SEM 101 Opportunities and Careers in Sports and Entertainment Organizations         1    
TOTAL CREDITS 14 TOTAL CREDITS 15
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
DMS 300 Digital Marketing Essentials   3 PEQ (6) 3
PEQ (5) 3 PEQ (7) 3
ACT 209 Principles of Accounting I   3 BLDR 218 Job Search Preparation     1
SEM 201 Managing Sports and Entertainment Organizations   3 BLDR 247 Introduction to Entrepreneurship   3
DEIB designated course 3 SEM 321 Marketing for Sports and Entertainment Organizations   3
Health & Wellness 0 Elective (General) 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 16
 
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
PEQ (8) with lab 4 BLDR 315 Project Management   3
SEM 301 Sports and Entertainment Law   3 SEM 311 Financial Topics in Sports and Entertainment Organizations   3
ECO 231 Economics of Sports and Entertainment   3 SEM 483 Sports, Entertainment and Arts Internship I   3
Elective (General) 3 Elective (General) 3
Elective (SEM) 3 Elective (SEM) 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 15
 
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
BLDR 410 Leadership and Ethics   3 SEM 402 Sports and Entertainment Senior Seminar   3
Elective (SEM) 3 Elective (General) 3
Elective (General) 3 Elective (General) 3
Elective (General) 3 Elective (General) 3
Elective (General) 3 Elective (General) 3
CME 050 Core Milestone Experience   0    
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15