SPT 7900 - Sport Governance

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the power and politics of sport organizations that govern intercollegiate athletics. Students will learn and analyze how people involved in governance set the tone of an entire organization and how individual sport governance bodies fit into the greater industry. Emphasis will be placed upon the student’s development of a working knowledge of what these organizations do and what their true purpose is in the administration of an intercollegiate athletic department.