Sports Management, A.A.S.

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Students gain skills in business fundamentals and specific sport management disciplines in a learning environment that balances textbook theory with real-world business application. This program is designed for students to transfer to the Sport Management (BBA) program at Davenport University and other 4-year institutions.

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 31.0504], graduates should be able to:

demonstrate accounting techniques used in sports management.
demonstrate marketing in sports management.
explain management principles in sports management.
transfer to a four-year institution.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program. A minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) are required for all associate degree programs.

General Education Requirements

Life Skills

The following course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Life Skills (the skills needed to succeed in work-life including critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, professionalism, self-awareness, and self-management) and is required in the students’ first semester at MCC:

GNST 100 - College Success 3 Credit:

Written Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, both required:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 Credit:
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 Credit:

Oral Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, choose one:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 Credit:
COMM 215 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 Credit:
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Credit:

Laboratory Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Application of Scientific Methodologies, choose one:

BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 Credit:
BIOL 105 - Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 4 Credit:
BIOL 121 - College Biology I 4 Credit:
BIOL 122 - College Biology II 4 Credit:
CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 Credit:
CHEM 220 - College Chemistry I 5 Credit:
PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 Credit:
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 Credit:
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Laboratory Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Mathematics

The following course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications (MATH190 is also a Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommend Course), two required:

MATH 104 - Intermediate Algebra 4 Credit:
OR
MATH 105 - Intermediate Algebra with Support 4 Credit:
MATH 190 - Introductory Statistics 4 Credit:

Social Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Local, National, and Global Citizenship, both required:

ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit:
POLI 240 - American Political System 3 Credit:

Humanities and Fine Arts

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Cultural Literacy, choose two from different disciplines, only one can be a foreign language:

ARTS 190 - Art Appreciation 3 Credit:
ARTS 215 - Art History-Primitive to High Renaissance 3 Credit:
ARTS 216 - Art History-French Revolution to Contemporary 3 Credit:
ARTS 265 - Introduction to Film 3 Credit:
ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 Credit:
ENGL 200 - American Thought and Literature: Beginnings - 1865 3 Credit:
ENGL 201 - American Thought and Literature: 1865 - Present 3 Credit:
ENGL 220 - British Literature to 1798 3 Credit:
ENGL 221 - British Literature since 1798 3 Credit:
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 Credit:
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 Credit:
GERM 101 - German I 4 Credit:
GERM 102 - German II 4 Credit:
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 Credit:
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credit:
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 Credit:
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 Credit:
PHIL 230 - Death & Dying 3 Credit:
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 Credit:
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 Credit:
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Humanities and Fine Arts requirement but may have limited transferability.

Program Requirements

ACCT 115 - Principles of Accounting I 4 Credit:
ACCT 116 - Principles of Accounting II 4 Credit:
ACCT 270 - Business Finance 3 Credit:
BUSN 135 - Introduction to Business 3 Credit:
BUSN 183 - Business & Technical Communication 3 Credit:
BUSN 211 - Foundations of Sports Management 3 Credit:
CMIS 115 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 Credit:
CMIS 250 - Microcomputer Spreadsheets 3 Credit:
ECON 216 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit:
MRKT 233 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit:
MRKT 248 - Promotion & Advertising 3 Credit:
MRKT 275 - Marketing in a Virtual World 3 Credit:

Other Programs

MCC also offers a Business Management Job Training Program , Business Management Certificate , Business Management, A.A.S. , and MiTransfer Pathway Business Associate of Science .