Sports Administration | Master in Education

Sports Administration | Master in Education | Online

The Master of Education in Sports Administration online program from East Central University successfully prepares you to go further in your instructional career. Specifically designed for individuals who want to enter positions of athletic instruction and leadership, this program allows you to move into sports management positions within colleges and universities, as well as professional sports teams.

Offered fully online, this sports management degree allows you to attend school while conveniently keeping work and life commitments. You’ll be taught by expert instructors and have the opportunity to network with your peers while simultaneously gaining a career-advancing credential. 

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Topics of Study

The master in sports administration online program teaches a host of subjects crucial to success in the field. Some include:

• Facility management
• Legal aspects of sports
• Sports ethics
• Marketing
• Event management
• Leadership
• American society and sports

You will also be required to complete a 100-hour practicum, which will allow you to gain hands-on experience in the field. 

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Learning Outcomes

When you graduate, you will be able to:

• Understand what constitutes management and what constitutes an organization, learn to apply the functions of planning, organizing, leading and evaluating the goals of sports organizations and understand the concept of strategic planning and resource allocation. 
• Understand how individuals conduct descriptive, theoretical and analytical sports management research. You will become familiar with the need for implementing theory, research and practice into areas of sports management.
• Know how to apply various areas of law to the sports industry, understand the court system and how legal issues are decided, understand contract law, tort law, agency law, sex discrimination issues and antitrust laws and understand collective bargaining agreements as a component of labor law.
• Apply fundamental marketing concepts to the sports industry, understand the concepts of marketing and product orientation and know the process of the sports marketing planning model.
• Understand the internal and external factors that shape sport in a culture, how sport mirrors the society in which it exists and why business is involved in sports.
• Understand the steps in developing an organizational budget, how accounting procedures may be used as a tool in finance and how principles of fundraising are used.
• Understand the distinction between concepts of morality and ethics, how personal ethics affect organizational responsibility and how to establish a code of professional ethics.
• Know how interpersonal and mass communication differ, understand the theoretical foundations of mass communications and the mass media industry and understand how business decisions are made.

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Admission Requirements

To be accepted into ECU’s sports administration master’s online program, you must meet the following criteria:

• Have a minimum cumulative 2.5 grade-point average on all undergraduate coursework to date; or
• Have a minimum 2.75 GPA for the last 60 credit hours of coursework; or
• Have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA for at least 9 credit hours of graduate coursework

How to Apply

To apply, you must submit the following materials: 

• Complete application
• Transcripts of all completed work (baccalaureate and graduate) from an accredited institution
• Resumé
• Three references
• A personal statement. Explain your career goals, how an ECU degree will help you accomplish those goals, your interest in the field and any actions you have taken to pursue this interest. You must also describe any skills, attributes or experiences you possess that would aid in your future profession.