Sport Industry

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2024

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Supporting Courses (3 Hours)

• Choose one (either can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies):
  • KNSISM 2210 History of Sport in 19th Century America (3)
  • KNSISM 2211 History of Sport in 20th Century America (3)

Major Requirements (42 Hours)

Admissions Criteria: 2.75 GPA and at least 12 credits completed at Ohio State

Major Core (21 Hours)

• KNSISM 3208 The Sport Industry (3)
• KNSISM 3189 Field Experience: Sport Industry (3)
• KNSISM 4245 Leadership & Programming in Sports Industry (3)
• KNSISM 4411 College Sport (3)
• KNSISM 4509 Sport Marketing and Promotion (3)
• KNSISM 4607 Legal Aspects of Sport (3)
• KNSISM 4900 Researching in Sports Industry (3)

Group A

Choose at least 12 hours from the following choices:

• KNSISM 2210 History of Sport in 19th Century America, or KNSISM 2211 History of Sport in 20th Century America (whichever was not taken in Supporting Courses) (3)
• KNSISM 2100 Introduction to Esports and Game Studies (3)
• KNSISM 2250 Name, Image, and Likeness in Intercollegiate Athletics (3)
• KNSISM 2260 Sport in Contemporary America (3)
• KNPE 2262 Coaching the Young Athlete (3)
• KNSISM 3100 Where Sports Happen (3)
• KNSISM 3550 Entertainment & Brand Licensing in Sport, Fashion, and Hospitality Industries (3)
• KNSISM 3698 Strategic Insights for Sport Organizations in Emerging Markets (3)
• KNSISM 3798 The European Model of Sports (3)
• KNSISM 4191 Internship: Sport Industry (6)
• KNSISM 4615 Sport and Social Values (3)
• KNSISM 5610 Women’s Sport History (3) 
• KNSISM 5614 Sport and Sexuality (3)
• KNSISM 5626 Sport and Popular Culture (3)
• KNSISM 5630 Recreational Sport Leadership (3)
• KNPE 5643 Coaching Effectiveness (3)
• KNPE 5657 Sport and Disability (3)

Group B

Choose at least 9 hours:

• AFAMAST 2275 Blackness and the Politics of Sports (3)
• BUSMHR 2210 Personal Leadership and Team Effectiveness (3)
• BUSMHR 3211 Leadership and Character (3)
• CLAS 2205 Sports and Spectacles in the Ancient World (3)
• COMLDR 3530 Foundations of Personal and Professional Leadership (3)
• COMLDR 4430 Leadership in Teams and Community Organizations (3)
• COMLDR 5350 Youth Organizations and Program Management (4)
• COMM 3403 Sports Journalism (3)
• COMM 3413 Media Entertainment (3)
• COMM 3425 Media Management (3)
• COMM 3415 Sports, Mass Media & Society (3)
• CSHSPMG/CSFRST 2300 Branding in Fashion, Hospitality, and Sport Industries (3)
• CSHSPMG/CSFRST 3330 Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship in Fashion & Hospitality Indus (3)
• CSHSPMG/CSFRST 3910 Customer Experience Management (3)
• CSHSPMG/CSFRST 3950 Use of Social Media and IT in Fashion, Hospitality, and Sport Industries (3)
• ECON 4830 Economics of Sports (3)
• ECON 4831 Sports Data Analytics and Economic Analysis (3)
• ESHESA 2570 Team and Organizational Leadership (3)
• HCS 2270 Historical Perspectives on Golf Course Design and Management (2)
• HCS 3370 Sports Turf Management (2)
• HCS 3475 Turf Management for Golf Course Managers (3)
• HDFS 2420 Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (3)
• HTHRHSC 5550 Survey of Sports Medicine (3)
• PSYCH 2420 Psychology Applied to Sport (3)
• SLAVIC 2365.xx Sports, Socialists, and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe (3)
• SOCIOL 4655 Sociology of Sport (3)
• SOCWORK 2110 Sport and Positive Youth Development  (3)
• WGSST 4403 Gender and Leadership (3)

Total Hours: 75-85

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 35-45

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.