If your passion is sport, recreation and active living, our top ranked sport management program is for you! There are many hands-on learning opportunities in the form of co-op, internships, simulations, research, and community outreach. We prepare you to deliver sports programs, execute events, operate facilities, market sport to participant and spectator audiences, and more.
Our faculty will provide the networking opportunities to help you become a leader in the sport industry. Our graduates are leaders who are in demand – 98% are employed in the first six months after graduation. Our grads have gone on to attain exciting careers throughout the sport industry, including marketing, sales and sponsorship, digital media and public relations, governance and policy, the administration and management of community, provincial, and national sport, and in education, teaching and research.
Make an impact in the industry with a degree in Sport Management and Leadership!
DEGREE COMPLETIONS:
Course Requirements: One of Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, or Math of Data Management/MDM4U. English/ENG4U.
Minimum Average: 70% (70% in Grade 12 U English/ENG4U)
Note: Co-op available; apply during Year 1
Course Requirements: One of Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, or Math of Data Management/MDM4U. English/ENG4U.
Minimum Average: 70% (70% in Grade 12 U English/ENG4U)
Note: Co-op available; apply during Year 1
Major Courses
KINE 1000
KINE 1400
KINE 1500
KINE 1560
Other Courses
*Note:Two of the first seven electives that students take in the first and second year can also be from the Kinesiology and Health Studies program.
An introduction to sport management as a profession and academic discipline. Special emphasis will be given to the principles associated with the management of various types of sport organizations, along with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully navigate employment in the sport industry.
This introductory course presents an overview of the significance of physical activity and sport in Western Civilization from ancient Greece to the present by specific reference to selected topics in different eras through which the particular society may be examined. Within this framework, the relationship of physical activity and sport to such factors as economics, politics, and religion will be emphasized, as will its contribution to the culture.
This introductory course examines health and wellness from both a local and global perspective. An emphasis is placed on physical activity, nutrition, psychosocial wellness and stress, and disease prevention behaviours.
The sport industry requires that people communicate effectively, persuasively, and ethically in written, verbal, and interpersonal communications. This course introduces students to academic writing, critical reasoning, and professional discourse across a variety of sport environments. Students will learn and gain confidence in their ability to communicate by practicing and receiving feedback on a number of communication skills relevant to the sport industry, while also having opportunities to improve academic and workplace language proficiency.