Sport Management Graduate Program

100% online. 100% accredited.

Wichita State's 100% Online Sport Management Master's degree is uniquely positioned to advance your skills and career options in sport entertainment, sport marketing, sport participation, sporting goods organizations and sport law fields.

We're committed to a process of strategic growth and impactful curricular and applied programming that will serve as practical preparation for careers in the management of sport entertainment, sport participation and sporting goods organizations. Graduates of our program work in a variety of sport settings including intercollegiate athletics, major league and minor league professional sports, fitness, recreation, and specialized sport businesses.

For more information please contact the Department of Sport Management at sport.management@wichita.edu or complete the request information form.

Program Basics

Program is 30 credit hours and 100% online.
Average class size: 20 - 25 students.
Semester-long internship required (SMGT 847 [6 credit hours] requires 600 hours on the job).
No thesis requirement.

Course Checklist

Required Courses: 30 credit hours (credit hours of courses in parentheses)
- SMGT 799: Mentoring & Networking in Sport^* (3) - currently offered in Fall semesters
- SMGT 800: Analytics & Decision Making in Sport^** (3) - currently offered in Fall semesters
- SMGT 801: Management in Sport^** (3) - currently offered in Spring semesters
- SMGT 803: Sport Marketing (3) - currently offered in Spring semesters
- SMGT 810: Sport Leadership & Socialization (3) - currently offered in Fall semesters
- SMGT 811: Sport in Society^** (3) - currently offered in Fall semesters
- SMGT 812: Ethical & Legal Issues in Sport (3) - currently offered in Spring semesters
- SMGT 822: Communication in Sport (3) - currently offered in Spring semesters
- SMGT 847: Internship (6) - students can complete their internship in any semester after completing 9 credit hours in the program, and filed a plan of study with their advisor to begin counting hours

^* students MUST enroll in SMGT 799 in their first fall semester in the graduate program

^** equivalency courses for these course requirements are anticipated to be offered in summer semesters, but students should meet with their advisor if wanting to take summer courses

"Wichita State played a pivotal role in my development not only as a student but as a professional as well. WSU requires real world and practical experience from its graduate students before graduating from the program. Those experiences allowed me to find my place in athletics and helped me figure out where I could make the biggest impact."

— Tyler Levesque, Marketing Analyst, PepsiCo

Admission Considerations

When applying for admission to the Master's in Sport Management program, you must submit the following in your graduate school application:

Unofficial transcripts from every institution previously attended, with an overall undergraduate GPA of 2.750 or greater (on a 4.0 scale)
No GRE/GMAT scores required for admission
An updated resume for review by the faculty admissions committee
Since the program is fully online, international students cannot use the program to fulfill F-1 visa status in the U.S., but can take the program from their home country.

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Comprehensive Exam Requirement

Graduate sport management students are required to successfully complete a written comprehensive examination over the required coursework in the curriculum during the semester they intend to graduate.

General deadlines to apply for the comprehensive exam:

Fall: September 1
Spring: February 1
Summer: June 1

Students should use the application process available in SMGT 799 and the Sport Management Graduate Student organizational Blackboard shell (or Microsoft Teams) to apply for the comprehensive exam.

Tips for Graduate Students

Graduate sport management students, please read the "Tips for Students" form for helpful information.

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