The University of South Dakota

The Division of Kinesiology and Sport Science offers comprehensive professional preparation programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

 

Sport Management - What's it all about?

Sport Management is a multi-billion dollar business making it one of the largest industries in the United States.  Due to our program's versatility a large number of opportunities exist in multiple areas of the sport industry, including management, marketing, accounting, finance, economics, communications, and community relations.  Sport related knowledge can bring a unique aspect not only to the sport industry, but to businesses as well. If you are interested in supervising employees at a professional sport stadium, managing a large sport fitness complex, conducting the event management logistics for BCS bowl a PGA golf tournament or coordinating the compliance policy for an intercollegiate athletic department USD has the Sport Management program for you.  The curriculum, housed in the Division of Kinesiology & Sport Science prepares students for careers in sport event management, intercollegiate athletic departments, minor league sport, sport facility management, sport marketing, sport promotions, and other areas of the expanding sport/business and sport/entertainment industries.  Sport management students have served behind the scenes at the Olympics, major golf tournaments, FIFA's World Cup, dozens of intercollegiate athletic departments and conferences as well as a plethora of professional and minor league teams. While education is a vital ingredient to achieving success, USD Sport Mangagement majors are strongly encouraged to meet academics and practitioners in the sport management field by attending conferences such as those held by North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Sport Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow (SEVT) and the Stadium Managers Association (SMA). Message from the Chair Welcome to the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Science.  We have a new undergraduate and graduate program that continuously challenges students to make connections between theoretical frameworks and practical applications.  Our division has dynamic faculty who are dedicated towards teaching with the primary aim of engaging students in the learning process.  The curriculum integrates biological and behavioral approaches using biomechanical, physiological, psychological, and sociological perspectives to understand human movement.  Internships and practicums are required for students to gain hands-on experience for future graduate or professional careers.  Our majors perpare for professional programs in the areas of exercise science, physical education teacher education, and sport management.  If you have any questions about the major or the areas of specializations, please email me @ Andrew.Shim@usd.edu.  

 

Mission Statements

 

• Exercise Science - We engage in interdisciplinary collaborative research that focusses on activity across the lifespan which educates individuals to promote functional fitness.
  
• Sport Management - We stimulate our students' intellectual, personal, and professional growth through a challenging academic program augmented by relevant practical experiences pertaining to sport business.
  
• Physical Education - We prepare skilled individuals whose leadership, practice and decisions are based on sound pedagogical principles learned in a professional preparation program.