Earn a respected, transfer-friendly bachelor’s degree while learning the business behind sports. Study online on your schedule and prepare to lead with skill, integrity, and purpose.
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Get Your BA in Sports Management
Success in sports takes more than a love of the game. It takes people who understand business, organizations, marketing, finance, events, facilities, and leadership. Concordia University Chicago, in partnership with Sports Management Worldwide, offers a flexible path for building those skills.
Why Concordia?
- Online: Learn asynchronously while balancing work, family, athletics, or military service.
- Transfer-friendly: Eligible coursework may shorten your path to graduation.
- Career-focused: Connect business foundations to teams, events, facilities, and sports organizations.
- Purpose-driven: Develop sound judgment and ethical leadership grounded in CUC’s values.
Our programs are as ambitious as you are!
- 100% online coursework with no campus visit required
- Asynchronous format designed for working students
- 120 total credits required for the BA
- Transfer-credit evaluation by CUC
- Business and management coursework with a sports focus
- Senior project that brings learning together
- Complete CUC’s free undergraduate online application and submit official transcripts from every college or university attended. Your most recent college transcript should show good standing and at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
- If you have fewer than 15 college semester credits, or have not completed at least one full-time college semester, submit a final high school transcript showing graduation. GED documentation may substitute when applicable.
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BA Sports Management Curriculum
The program combines focused sports management study, management coursework, a senior project, general education, and room for electives or an eligible minor.
Sports Management Major — 15 Credits
- SMB-1050 Foundations of Sports Management
- SMB-2500 Sport Facility and Event Management
- SMB-3100 Diversity of Sport
- SMB-3200 Organization and Administration of Sport
- SMB-3500 Governance of Sport
Management Coursework — 18 Credits
- ACC-2150 Managerial Accounting
- OMP-4020 Systems Approach to Organizational Change
- OMP-4240 Organizational Communication
- MGT-2011 Contemporary Business Law
- MGT-2200 Leading High-Performance Teams
- MKT-2200 Marketing: From Principles to Digital Practice
Senior Project — 3 Credits
- MGT-4700 Senior Project
General Education Requirements
9 credit hours
9 credit hours
9 credit hours
7–8 credit hours
3 credit hours
6 credit hours
Build a degree path around your goals. Remaining credits may be completed through electives or eligible minor options, subject to CUC degree requirements and academic advising.
- $505 tuition per credit hour, plus an $18-per-credit technology fee. Tuition and fees are subject to change. Confirm current costs and financial aid eligibility with CUC.
What Can You Do With a BA in Sports Management?
The sports industry needs people who understand both business and the game.
Prepare for roles supporting athletes, fans, events, teams, facilities, and communities across professional, collegiate, youth, nonprofit, and recreation settings.
- Sports marketing
- Event coordination
- Athletic operations
- Facility management
- Community relations
- Parks and recreation
- Youth and amateur sports
- Collegiate athletics
Concordia University Chicago FAQs
Is the BA fully online?
Yes. The program is delivered online in an asynchronous format.
How many credits are required?
The BA requires 120 total credits. Completion time depends heavily on the transfer credits CUC accepts.
What do I need to apply?
Complete the free online application and submit official transcripts from every college or university attended. A high school transcript is generally required only for applicants with fewer than 15 college semester credits or without one completed full-time college semester.
What happens after admission?
A CUC enrollment advisor helps admitted students with registration and next steps.
Transfer-Friendly
CUC evaluates eligible prior coursework that may reduce the credits you need to complete.
100% Online
Complete asynchronous coursework while balancing work and life.
Career -
Focused
Connect business, management, and leadership skills to the sports industry.
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