Contacts
Whitman Contact
Lindsay Quilty
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs
lquilty@syr.edu
Falk Contact
Gina Pauline
Undergraduate Director & Associate Professor Sport Management
gapaulin@syr.edu
Students in the dual program will complete all liberal arts and major course requirements from both colleges to maintain the standards required by NYSED and Whitman’s accrediting body, AACSB. This program is designated as a partnership between Whitman and the Sport Management Department within Falk College. Whitman and Sport Management leadership and faculty have worked to create a program that combines overlapping liberal arts requirements as well as other curricular requirements which will reduce the minimum number of credits to 148. Students enrolled in this program will graduate with any one of Whitman’s ten majors and Falk College’s major in Sport Management.
The industry of sports business is seeing new demand and growth in the areas of analytics, NFTs, blockchain-enabled innovations, acquisition of new customers and revenue streams, and DEIA. All of these growth opportunities show an area where the dual partnership will further prepare our students/graduates for the future of sports business.
The Dual Whitman/Sport Management, BS degree requires at least 135 credits, distributed as indicated below.
University-wide Requirements
All incoming and transfer students are required to take a 1-credit FYS 101 First Year Seminar course and a 3-credit IDEA course that can be selected from an approved list.
Quantitative Skills/Natural Science
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| MAT 284 | Business Calculus | 4 |
| MAS 261 | Introductory Statistics for Management | 3 |
| 4 |
| BUA 345 | Business Analytics for Management Decisions | 3 |
Communication Skills
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| WRT 105 | Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing | 3 |
| WRT 205 | Studio 2: Critical Research and Writing | 3 |
| WRT 307 | Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing | 3 |
Required Arts & Sciences Courses
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| ECN 101 | Introductory Microeconomics | 3 |
| PSY 205 | Foundations of Human Behavior | 3 |
| ECN 102 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 |
| or ECN 203 | Economic Ideas and Issues |
| MAX 201 | Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences | 3 |
Arts & Science Electives
- 16 credits taken through any subject offered by the College of Arts & Sciences. IDEA courses offered in the College of Arts & Sciences can be taken to fulfill the 3-credit IDEA course requirement. FYS 101 counts towards 1 required A&S elective credit.
Whitman Required Core Courses
In addition to management coursework taken within other skills areas, students are required to complete the following coursework in the management core:
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| SOM 122 | Perspectives of Business and Management | 3 |
| SOM 181 | Foundations of the Future: Business & Technology | 1 |
| LPP 255 | Introduction to the Legal System | 3 |
| ACC 151 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACC 252 | Intro to Managerial Acc | 3 |
| FIN 256 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MAR 255 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| SCM 265 | Introduction to Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGT 247 | Introduction to Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGT 248 | Managing and Leading People in Organizations | 3 |
| SOM 354 | Managing in a Global Setting | 3 |
| EEE 457 | Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management | 3 |
Whitman Major
Declare one Whitman major and complete requirements as detailed on the relevant catalog page.
Total Credits: 15-21
Sport Management Major Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| SPM 201 | Professional Development in Sport Management | 1 |
| SPM 205 | Principles and Contemporary Issues in Sport Management | 3 |
| SPM 215 | Principles of Sales in Sport | 3 |
| SPM 245 | Race, Gender, and Diversity in Sport Organizations | 3 |
| SPM 325 | Sport Communications | 3 |
| SPM 345 | Technology in Sport Management | 3 |
| SPM 395 | Psycho-Social Issues of Sport | 3 |
| SPM 444 | Sports Marketing Management | 3 |
| SPM 455 | Senior Sport Management Capstone | 12 |
Global Awareness
Whitman students must have some form of global experience. For most students, this is achieved through study abroad. Students may also fulfill the requirement with the completion of two courses from the global diversity electives list (which may fulfill other course requirements for the degree).
Community Engagement
Students are required to apply their management skills and knowledge to community problems. This is realized through an unpaid community service project in which 50 hours are completed throughout the undergraduate experience. Services must be completed at a nonprofit and requires pre-approval from the Whitman Undergraduate Office.
Internship
Students are required to have at least one internship after they acquire junior standing. The internship should consist of 120 hours on-site, be a natural extension of the classroom, and provide substantial opportunity for knowledge attainment and skill development. Exposure to real job situations related to the students major is required. This internship should be registered in Handshake and approved by the Whitman Career Center prior to beginning. SPM 455 can count towards the Internship graduation requirement.
Undergraduate University Requirements
The following requirements and experiences apply to all Syracuse University Undergraduate matriculated degree programs.
