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Sports Studies Minor

The Minor in Sports Studies allows students to explore the role of sport in society. An interdisciplinary program, Sports Studies draws from three Colleges to provide students with the opportunity to explore sport from the academic perspectives of the physical and social sciences, business and economics, and the humanities. The Sport Studies program offers a unique, critically informed lens into the way in which sport(s) both reflects and shapes societies, while providing career readiness skills for students who intend to pursue employment in sport related industries.

Course work for Sports Studies Minor

For full course descriptions, visit the undergraduate catalog. The minor requires 18 credits.

  • COST225 - Communication & Sport

  • MKTG380 - Sports Marketing

12 credits must come from the following courses:

  • POLI344 - Sport in Comparative Political Perspectives
  • ECON377 - Economics of Sport
  • EXER213 - Organization & Administration for Fitness & Sport Facilities
  • EXER325 - Sport Psychology
  • HIST 385 - Special Topics: Sports and American History*
  • COMM305 - Sports Journalism
  • SOCI275 - Sociology of Sports and Leisure                   

 A maximum of 3 credits may come from the following:

  • COST230 - Small Group Communication            
  • COST350 - Organizational Communication
  • COST386 - Crisis Communication
  • COST 391 - Internship – 1 to 3 credits, with permission only
  • MATH117 - Applied Statistics
  • MATH217 - Statistics
  • MATH375 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers

*Only when the HIST386: Special Topics is Sports and American History