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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Sport Management, Athletic Communications Track (BS) Sample Plan


YEAR ONE

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 Expanded Literacies (3/6) 3
SS - 150 Introduction to Sport Management   3 SS - 200 Sport Management and Leadership   3
MK - 201 Principles of Marketing  or MA - 111 Probability and Statistics  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning 2/6) 3 MK - 201 Principles of Marketing  or MA - 111 Probability and Statistics  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning 2/6) 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

YEAR TWO

Fall Spring
TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6) TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3
Expanded Literacies (5/6) or Free Elective 3 Expanded Literacies (5/6) or Free Elective 3
SS - 290 Data-Driven Decision-Making   3 SS - 230 Facility Planning and Event Management   3
AB - 217 Financial Accounting   3 SS - 330 Sport Marketing and Promotions    3
EC - 112 Economics of Public Issues  or EC - 209 Principles of Macroeconomics  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis 6/6)  3 TV - 225 Basic Studio Production   3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16

YEAR THREE

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3
SS - 350 Sport Sales   3 SS - 342 Sport Finance and Economics   3
SS - 400 Legal Issues in Sport   3 SS - 420 Sport Administration   3
TV - 230 Introduction to Radio   3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

YEAR FOUR

Fall Spring
SS - 341 Sport and Media Relations   3 SS - 450 Sport Management Internship   3
SS - 450 Sport Management Internship    3 SS - 450 Sport Management Internship   3
SS - 450 Sport Management Internship   3 CS - 265 Web Page Design   3
Free Elective 3 CS - 340 Digital Art I   3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 13

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 120

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .

4+1 BS/MBA: The Sport Management Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA courses during their senior year. For more information, see the DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA Program Director.