Sports Administration Learning Outcomes Assessment 2004-2005

 

Program Description

 

The Georgia State University program in Sport Administration is one of only 27 accredited master’s degree programs in the country. It is designed to prepare students for careers in sport business. Colleges and universities, sport apparel manufacturers, sport arenas, sport marketing firms, athletic clubs, professional sport teams, and high schools are among the many organizations and enterprises that require highly trained personnel. 

 

 

KH Sport Administration Course Offerings

 

KH 6380 Introduction to Sport Management

The roles and functions of administration of sports programs in educational, commercial, and professional settings are analyzed.

 

KH 6560 Budgeting and Finance in Sports and Recreation

Students study budgetary theory and the process of planning as they relate to recreation and sports administration.

 

KH 7100 Administration of Sports Programs

Students study the policies, procedures, and processes of management, organization, and administration as they apply to interscholastic, intercollegiate, or professional athletic programs.

 

KH 7150 Development and Revenue Generation in Sports

Prerequisite: KH 6560 or consent of instructor.

Students receive an overview of techniques and strategies of revenue producing activities in sports. Emphasis is placed on developing a balanced, multifaceted program of fund-raising and planned giving.

 

KH 7200 Cultural Aspects of Sports

Students study the role and significance of sports in contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on issues which affect the athlete, coach, administrator, and the sports fan.

 

KH 7380 Planning and Management of Sports Facilities

Students study the planning, design, equipment, maintenance, and utilization of physical education, athletic, fitness, and recreational facilities.

 

KH 7410 Sport Marketing and Promotion

Prerequisite: one course in marketing.

Students apply the principles of marketing and promotion to collegiate, professional, and recreational sports marketing.

 

KH 7610 Sports Law

Students apply law to selected aspects of education, commercial, and professional sports.

 

KH 7662 Internship in Sport Administration I

Prerequisite: consent of faculty adviser and consent of instructor.
Students receive practical administrative experience in a selected sport setting. Internship may extend beyond one term.

 

KH 7663 Internship in Sport Administration II

Prerequisites: consent of faculty adviser and consent of instructor.
Students receive practical administrative experience in a selected sport setting. Internship may extend beyond one term.

 

 

 

Standard 3: Content Area- Socio-Cultural Context of Sport

 

 

Premise:  The insightful sport manager will understand people who engage in sport within their respective living environments, thus comprehending their interest and values for sport participation and/or their sport spectator interest. Cultural influences on sport, from the social milieu, from social behaviors of the past, and for projection in the future, may be recognized through inquiry, quantitative analysis, and future prospects of how much socio-cultural phenomena as historical influences, philosophical ethos, economic volatility, political pressures, the legal system, education, and ethical dilemmas are revealed through sport and from sport participants.

 

 

 

Required Content

Course

Learning Activity

Method of Assessment

Outcome

Use of Results

1.0

The socio-cultural environment in which sport exists

 

Lecture

Test

Comp Exams

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

90% of students will pass comp exam

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

NEED Comp Data

1.01

Socio-cultural ethical dilemmas confronted in sport

 

 Lecture

Class debates

Test

Case Study Papers

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

80% of students will pass their case study paper

93% of Papers received higher than 80% score

1.02

Social stratification and mobility opportunities from sport

 

Lecture

Case Studies

Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

 

1.03

Commercialization and mass media exploitation in sport

 

Case Studies

Case Study Papers

Comp Exams

80% of students will pass their case study paper

90% of students will pass comp exam

93% of Papers received grades higher than 80% score

NEED COMP DATA

1.04

Ethnic and gender patterns causing barriers in sport

 

Case Studies

Case Study Papers

80% of students will pass their case study paper

93% of papers received higher than 80% score

1.05

Sport as a microcosm of society

 

Lecture

Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

 

 

 

Standard 4: Content Area-

Management and Leadership in Sport

 

Premise: Management is advancing the organization through the efforts of others. As a result, the manager plans, organizes, leads, and evaluates these efforts. Leadership is creating the vision and goals for the organization and successfully conveying them and obtaining commitment toward them.

 

 

Required Content

Course

Learning Activity

Method of Assessment

Outcome

Use of Results

1.0

Effective Management Practices

 

Interactive Lecture

Fantasy Football Activity

Essay Test

Papers related to fantasy football activities

80% of students will score higher than 80% on test

90% of students will successfully complete all fantasy football projects

7100: 79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

6380: 100% completion of fantasy football projects

1.01

Policy Development

 

Practical Application: Guest Speaker

Policy paper

90% of students will complete guest speaker review and policy paper

100% completed

1.02

Human Resource Management/ Development

 

Interactive Lecture

Guest Speaker

Essay Test

80% of students will score higher than 80% on test

 

7100: 79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

6380: 89% scored higher than 80% on test

1.03

Negotiation

 

Lecture/

Negotiation Activity

Negotiation Exercise

90% of students will successfully complete salary negotiation exercise

100% of students scored higher than 70% on coaching contract exercise; 10% scored between 71%-79%

1.04

Labor Relations

 

Interactive Lecture

Essay Test

80% of students will score higher than 80% on test

79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

1.05

Conflict Resolutions

 

Interactive Lecture

Essay Test

80% of students will score higher than 80% on test

79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

1.06

Strategic Planning

 

Interactive Lecture

Fantasy Football Activity

Papers related to fantasy football

90% of students will successfully complete all fantasy football papers

6380: 100% completed assigned fantasy football papers

1.07

Organizational Behavior/Culture

 

Interactive Lecture

Essay Test

80% of students will score higher than 80% on test

79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

1.08

Organizational Effectiveness

 

Lecture

Current Event Discussions

Current Events Papers

90% of students will successfully complete Current Events Paper

97% completed current events papers. 94% of students received grades of higher than 80% on current events papers

1.09

Leadership Theory

 

Book Review

 

Dale Carnegie Book Review

80% of students will receive 80% or higher on book review of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People

97% received higher than 80% on Carnegie papers

1.1

Resource Allocation

 

Lecture

Fantasy Football

Activities

Papers related to fantasy football activities

90% of students will successfully complete all fantasy football projects

5380: 100% completed all fantasy football papers

1.2

Governance

 

Lecture

Guest Speakers

Papers related to Guest Speakers

80% of students will successfully complete guest speaker reviews

100% completed

1.3

Decision-Making

 

Fantasy Football Activities

Papers related to fantasy football activities

90% of students will successfully complete all fantasy football projects

6380: 100% completed all fantasy football papers

1.4

Problem Solving

 

Survival Activity

Review papers

90% of students will successfully complete papers

100% completed

1.5

Conducting Feasibility Studies

 

Lecture

Assess four segments of feasibility study separately

100% will complete assignment with 90% pass rate

90% of the students successfully evaluated five programs

1.6

Concepts in Planning and Designing a Venue

 

Lecture, videos, and power-point

Calloway’s facility assessment tool

Students will successfully evaluate a minimum of five facilities

90% of the students successfully evaluated five programs

1.7

Selection of a Planning Team and Architect

 

Lecture and Handouts

Quiz from lecture and textbooks

80% of students will pass exam

An average of 95% of students passed the final exam over the past two semesters

1.8

Venue and Event Programming, Scheduling, and Organizational Structure

 

Lectures and Handouts

Test from assigned readings

90% of students will pass exams

An average of 95% of students passed the final exam over the past two semesters

1.9

Event Management Principles

 

Lecture

Test from lectures

90% of students will pass the exams

90% of the students successfully answered questions related to event management

 

 

 

Standard 5: Content Area- Ethics in Sport Management

                                                                                                      

Premise: Many sport activities occur in settings in which a person will have to choose a course of action based on ethical principles. Students will recognize and identify moral problems related to sport in its intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions and develop a personal philosophy regarding social responsibility in the sport management setting.

 

 

 

Required Content

Course

Learning Activity

Method of Assessment

Outcome

Use of Results

 

Moral and Ethical Development Theories

 

Lecture

Ethical Dilemma Activity – Fantasy Football

Test

Fantasy Football Papers

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

90% of students will pass fantasy football papers

7100: 79.3% scored higher than 80% on test

6380: 100% completed on fantasy football papers

 

Teleological and Deontological Theories of Ethics

 

Lecture

Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

 

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

 

 

Models of Ethical Analysis

 

Lecture

Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

 

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

 

 

Code of Professional Ethics

 

Interactive Lecture

Essay Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

 

53% scored lower than 75% on midterm, But performance improved to 100% scoring higher than 75% on final test

 

 

 

 

Standard 6: Content Area-Marketing in Sport

 

Premise: The student will be able to apply marketing concepts through the utilization, application, and initiation of marketing research. Development of marketing plans, fundraising campaigns, and corporate sponsorship proposals are key concept knowledge areas.

 

 

 

Required Content

Course

Learning Activity

Method of Assessment

Outcome

Use of Results

 

Internal and External Sources of Marketing Information

 

 Lecture

Test

Comp Exams

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

90% of students will pass comp exam

 

Pitts

 

Marketing Theory and Relationship to the Sport Industry

 

Lecture

Test

Comp Exams

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

90% of students will pass comp exam

 

Pitts

 

Marketing Information Systems

 

Lecture

Test

Comp Exams

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

90% of students will pass comp exam

 

Pitts

 

Industry Segmentation

 

Lecture

Test

80% of students will score higher than 75% on test

 

Pitts

 

Marketing Mix and Strategies

 

Lecture