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Sport Analytics Curriculum

Effective 2022-23 academic year

44-45 credit hours

This curriculum is for those students who enter Rice for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond.

Sport Analytics Curriculum 2022-23

Sport Management Curriculum

Effective 2021-22 academic year

49-50 credit hours

This curriculum is for those students who enter Rice for the 2021-22 academic year and beyond.

Core Requirements (31 hours required)
Prerequisites (for SMGT classes only)

BUSI 296: Business Communications (3)

BUSI 395: Data Analytics (4) - OR -
DSCI 301/STAT 315: Statistics for Data Science (4)
DSCI 101: Introduction to Data Science (3)
ECON 100: Principles of Economics (3)
SMGT 260: Introduction to Sport Management (3)
SMGT 266: Leading with Service (3)
SMGT 260
SMGT 276: Sport Management Practicum (3)
SMGT 260
SMGT 350: Sport Ethics (3)
SMGT 362: Sport Marketing (3)
SMGT 376: Sport Management Internship I (3)
SMGT 260 & SMGT 276
SMGT 440: Sport Business Analytics (3)
SMGT 260 & DSCI 101 & (STAT 280 or SOSC 302 or STAT 315 or DSCI 301 or BUSI 395)

Students must choose one of the following three concentrations and complete the minimum required credit hours from that track.

Sport Leadership Concentration (15 hours required)

Prerequisites (for SMGT classes only)

BUSI 310: Leading People in Organizations (3)

BUSI 390: Strategic Management (3)

BUSI 463: Entrepreneurship:
Strategy & Funding (3)

BUSI 421: Power, Influence, and Organizational Change (3)

SMGT 320: Business of College Athletics (3) SMGT 260

SMGT 360: Sales & Revenue Generation in Sport (3) *required*

SMGT 260

SMGT 361: Sport Finance & Community Engagement (3)

SMGT 366: Event and Venue Management (3) *required* SMGT 260 & SMGT 266 & SMGT 276

SMGT 377: Sport Management Internship II (3)

SMGT 260 & SMGT 276

SMGT 396: The Business and History of the Olympic Games (3)
SMGT 400: Business of Professional Sports (3) SMGT 266 & SMGT 276 & SMGT 362

SMGT 415: Theories of High Level Performance (3)

SMGT 450: Leadership in Sport Management (3) *required* SMGT 260

SMGT 470: Sport Management Seminar (3)

SMGT 260 & SMGT 276

SOSC 444: Consulting Practicum (3)

Sport Analytics Concentration (17 hours required)

Prerequisites (for SMGT classes only)

COMP 140: Computational Thinking (4)

DSCI 302: Data Science Tools and Models (3)

SMGT 431: Advanced Sport Analytics (3)

STAT 280 or STAT 315 or DSCI 301 or SOSC 302

SMGT 490: Seminar in Sport Analytics (3)

**Capstone Course**

COMP 140 & SMGT 431 & STAT 405 & DSCI 302 & (DSCI 301 or STAT 315)

STAT 405: R for Data Science (3)

Sport Law Concentration (15 hours required)

Prerequisites (for SMGT classes only)

ECON 239: Law and Economics (3)

HUMA 309: Argumentation & Debate (3)

HUMA 315: Communication Law (3)

PHIL 373: Philosophy of Law (3)

PLST 305: Introduction to Law (3)
PLST 401: Legal Practicum (3)
PLST 402: Judicial Practicum (3)

SMGT 364: Sport Law (3) *required*

SMGT 260
SOCI 325: Sociology of Law (3)

NOTE: The General Announcements (GA) is the official Rice curriculum. In the event that there is a discrepancy between the GA and any other websites or publications, the GA shall prevail as the authoritative source.