This minor provides students with a foundational understanding of the sports industry coupled with the study of how data can be used in the world of sports to enable teams, leagues, and other sports businesses to acquire an advantage over their competitors. With the successful completion of this minor, students should be able to use various statistical models and other analytic tools to help sports organizations improve performance in some of the following areas: season ticket sales, luxury box sales, marketing, talent identification, scouting of opponents, the prediction of industry trends, and customer service.
This minor is offered jointly with the School of Business, College of Science, and the College of Engineering and Computing.
Admissions
This minor is available to all Mason undergraduate students.
Policies
Eight credits of coursework must be unique to the minor and students must complete all coursework with a minimum GPA of 2.00. For policies governing all minors, see AP.5.3.4 Minors.
Minor Requirements
Total credits: 18
Required Courses
Code | Title | Credits |
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SPMT 201 | Introduction to Sport Management | 3 |
SPMT 425 | Sport Analytics | 3 |
Select one of the following groups: | 6 | |
Business Analytics I (Mason Core) and Business Analytics II | ||
Introductory Statistics I (Mason Core) and Introductory Statistics II | ||
Total Credits | 12 |
Electives
Code | Title | Credits |
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Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
Computing for Scientists (Mason Core) | ||
Introduction to Social Network Analysis (Mason Core) | ||
Research Methods (Mason Core) | ||
Decision and Risk Analysis | ||
Total Credits | 6 |