Aug 15, 2025  
2025-2026 CGC Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 CGC Graduate Catalog

Sport Management, M.A.


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https://www.citadel.edu/root/hhp-programs/graduate/master-of-arts-sport-management

Dr. Ju Young Lee, Program Director
jlee21@citadel.edu

Mission Statement

The mission of the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sport Management is to cultivate principled leaders for the global sport business industry. The program achieves its mission through the advanced curriculum and academic professionalism that provides students exemplary scientific and practical experiences.

Admission Requirements

  1. Completion of the online graduate application along with the non-refundable application fee.
  2. Submission of an official transcript of the baccalaureate degree directly from each accredited college or university and transcripts from all postgraduate institutions attended.
  3. Submission of two letters of recommendation that address the student’s ability to undertake coursework at the graduate level.
  4. Submission of a resume detailing previous academic and work experiences and a cover letter that addresses academic and professional career goals.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will plan to be effective middle/upper-level professionals in future careers in a sport-related environment, either within the sport areas or with the sport as medium for achieving other organizational goals

2. Students will correlate lectures with research/business plan experiences

3. Students will demonstrate, interpret, conduct, and present research within the area of sport, recreation, and all related subject areas.

Program Requirements


The program consists of thirty-three (33) credit hours. The students are required to complete a minimum of twenty-seven (27) credit hours derived from the seven required core courses and the option to choose between the thesis or the internships. For the remaining six (6) credit hours students should choose two approved elective courses (please see the table with the Approved Elective courses). Within the broad scope of courses offered, each course is individually structured to accommodate the needs and interests of the student while assuring mastery of the discipline of sport management. Each student enrolled in this program is expected to integrate components of research, apply contemporary technological and computer expertise, and practice oral and written communication skills through each phase of the program.

During the last semester of program work, graduating students are required to present and defend a Sport Management Program Portfolio that includes academic as well as professional and other artifacts, as per demands by the M.A. in Sport Management degree program. Requirements for the Portfolio will be communicated to the student after acceptance in the program.

Graduate Requirement (Non-Credit Bearing)


Graduation Requirement


Approved Elective Courses


Each student is required to choose a minimum of one (1) course (3 credit hours) from the following list of approved elective courses.

Total Credit Hours: 30


* If the Internship option is chosen by the sport management students, they should complete 350 hours minimum with a sport organization.

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