Minor: Sport Commerce and Culture

Description
Eligibility
Application Procedure and Form
Minor Coordinator / Advisor
Minor Completion Requirements
Minor Course Requirements

We will not be accepting new students in the 2008-2009 school year

Description

The minor in Sport Commerce and Culture provides students with an unique opportunity to study the structure and experience of contemporary sport culture from an interdisciplinary perspective rooted in theories and methods largely-but not exclusively-drawn from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, gender studies, history, media and communication studies, psychology, race and ethnic studies, sociology, and urban studies. Students are expected to take 6 credits of required courses identified as providing the historical, social, cultural, economic, and political bases for a contextual understanding of contemporary sport (KNES 287 and KNES 293), and 12 credits of elective courses through which they will be able to develop a more specialized interest in particular aspects of sport culture (i.e. the sociology of sport, the globalization of sport, sport management and marketing, social psychology of sport, and sport media and communications).

The Sport Commerce and Culture Minor within the Department of Kinesiology will consist of the courses (Required and Electives totaling 18 credits), and is open to any UMCP student except Kinesiological Sciences majors.

On graduation the minor will be titled on the student's transcript as follows:
Kinesiology: Sport Commerce and Culture

Eligibility

In order to apply for the minor in Sport Commerce and Culture, students must have:

  1. Completed at least 30 credit hours prior to application to the program
  2. Declared a non-KNES major (L & S is not acceptable)
  3. Completed KNES 293 or KNES 287 with a C or better
  4. Been admitted into the Minor prior to the completion of the final 9 credits of Minor coursework

Application Procedures and Form

  1. The first 10 qualified applicants for the Minor will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis each semester.
  2. Applications* will be accepted beginning on October and March for admission in the subsequent semester. [We will not be accepting any students during the 2008-2009 school year .]
  3. Application forms for the Sport Commerce and Culture Minor can be downloaded here.
  4. A completed application form, along with a copy of applicant's unofficial transcripts*, must be submitted to the Department of Kinesiology Main Office (HHP 2351).

* Applications will not be accepted unless they include a copy of the applicant's Unofficial Transcripts.

Minor Coordinator/Advisor

Dr. Jaime Schultz is the coordinator/advisor for the Sport Commerce & Culture minor. She can be contacted at jschu@umd.edu.

Minor Completion Requirements

The rules for successful completion of the Minor are as follows:

  1. A minimum grade of "C" is required in all Minor courses.
  2. A minimum of 9 credits must be taken at the upper level.
  3. A student may not use the same course to fulfill the requirements of more than one Minor.
  4. All coursework must be approved by the Minor advisor.
  5. Courses taken prior to Fall 2005 (the date the minor began) may be applied to the minor.
  6. A maximum of 6 credits within the Minor may be taken at another institution (pre-approval needed).

Minor Course Requirements (18 credits)

Required Courses: Both the following courses (6 credits)

  • KNES 287* Sport in American Society (3)
  • KNES 293^ History of Sport in America (3)
  • N.B. These courses fulfill CORE SB/D1* and SH2^ requirements

Elective Courses:Any four of the following 3-credit courses (12 credits)

  • KNES 240 Exploring Cultural Diversity Through Movement (3)
  • KNES 350 The Psychology of Sports
  • KNES 351 Contemporary Issues in American Sport (3) - prereq: KNES 287
  • KNES 355 Sport Management (3) (currently 498M*) - prereqs: KNES 287 and junior standing KNES 357 Sport and Culture in the Global Marketplace (3) (currently 398A*) - prereqs: KNES 287 and permission of instructor
  • KNES 451 Children and Sport: A Psychosocial Perspective (3) - prereqs: KNES 350 and junior standing
  • KNES 483 Sport Marketing and Media (3) - prereqs: KNES 287 and junior standing
  • KNES 484 Sporting Hollywood (3) - prereqs: KNES 287, KNES 293, and junior standing
  • KNES 485 Sport and Globalization (3) - prereqs: KNES 287 and junior standing
  • KNES 486 Politics and Economics of Organized Contemporary Sport (3) - prereq: KNES 287
  • KNES 498E Gender and Sport (3)* - prereqs: KNES 287, KNES 293, and junior standing
  • KNES 498K Sport and the Civil Rights Movement (3)* - prereqs:293 and junior standing
  • KNES 498X Basketball and Black Masculinity - prereq: KNES 287, KNES 293, and junior standing
  • KNES 498Y Managing Youth Programs: Educational Fitness and Sport (3)* - prereqs:KNES287, KNES370, and Junior standing.

*Permanent numbers for these courses are in process.

Please Note:

  • Not all elective courses are offered every year.
  • Temporary courses may be added to this list dependent on the Minor advisor's approval
  • Relevant courses from other departments may be added to the list dependent on the Minor advisor's approval