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A minor in Sport Law and Politics provides students an opportunity to discover the broad, yet detailed content of law and compliance with a variety of sport settings. Students will be able to understand how sport organizations apply legal terminology into applied situations across international, professional, collegiate, interscholastic, and youth levels.

Students will develop an understanding of how sport organizations are structured and organized, then use this organizational map to apply policy and regulation within the framework of case situations. 

This minor works well with any individual who has an interest in sport, as well as majors:

  • Business
  • Legal Studies
  • Political Science

What You Will Learn

The program emphasizes:

  • Critical thinking
  • How to translate legal terminology into applied case situations
  • Understanding of how sport organizations are structured and governed

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop an understanding of legal terminology within the sport industry
  2. Develop transferrable leadership skills through applied experiences
  3. Establish an understanding of how to create an organizational structure to meet industry demands

Program Requirements

Admission requirements include:

  • Maintain a 2.0 GPA in minor courses
  • Completion of SPTA 190 – Introduction to Sport Administration with a C- or better

Courses

The courses you will take include:

  • SPTA 190 – Introduction to Sport Administration
  • SPTA 300 – Sport Law
  • SPTA 448 – Sport Governance
  • SPTA 470 – International and Comparative Administration of Sport
  • SPTA 485 – Sport Management

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