92 units (920 academic hours)

This program is designed to provide the graduate with knowledge, skills, and attributes essential to pursue and develop their management careers in the sports industry. It lays a foundation for their careers in the sports industry by offering various subjects from management and marketing to sports psychology and mechanisms.

Through this program, the graduates will be able to understand the socio-economic context of the sport industry, to analyze various issues related to the sports industry, and to identify and apply the concepts and theories of management and marketing to the sport industry and sports organizations. They will have the opportunity to work in the sports industry as sports agents, pro scouts, general managers, facility managers, sports team managers, coaches, sporting goods shop managers, sporting event managers, umpires, and so on.

Degree Requirements

•  Successfully complete a minimum of 92 quarter units of the following coursework with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale:

o  Complete 28 quarter units of general education courses
o  Complete 52 quarter units of common core courses.
  ♦  28 units of required courses
  ♦  24 units of elective courses
o  Complete 12 quarter units of unrestrictive electives.

•  Successfully complete the degree requirements within the time limit.

Time Limit

The AA in Sports Management program must be completed within two years from the time the student commenced the first course, as a regular student, which applies to the degree requirements. This time limit, at the option of the university, may be extended due to special extenuating circumstances.