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Sep 07, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Exercise Science-Option in Sports Management, Associate of Science
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A degree in Sports Management focuses on the business aspects of sport at many levels. The Associate Degree prepares the student for entry level positions in the field and at the same time prepares the student for transfer into a four-year degree program in Sports Management.
The jobs available to those who earn a degree in the field include: program directors in community sport programs; marketing and promotions directors in sport related businesses; administrative positions in a variety of businesses, including health clubs, performance centers and professional, collegiate and privately owned sports teams; academic services for student athletes; corporate sales directors, jobs in sports finance; sporting goods sales representatives, intramural directors; campus recreation directors; facilities coordinators; athletic directors; compliance directors, athletic business managers; fitness managers; coaches; scouts; umpires; agents and team managers.
Graduates are able to:
- explain and evaluate the benefits and risks of exercise and its influence on overall health and wellness
- demonstrate an understanding of basic business and accounting principles in the sports management environment
- communicate effectively in the sports management environment
- apply acquired business knowledge and skills in outside companies and within the college’s intercollegiate sports programs and fitness center
- identify and explain functions of management, including legal aspects, organizational skills, budgeting, accounting, finance and human resource management for a variety of sport related industries.
Raritan Valley Community College Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) degree programs are designed to comply with the New Jersey Community Colleges General Education Foundation which supports transfer of courses to NJ Public four-year colleges and universities. Students who intend to transfer to a NJ college or university can further improve the transfer of courses by using the Recommended Transfer Program (RTP) feature in NJTransfer.org.
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