BUS 435: Sport Leadership

Class Program
Credits 3

The primary goals of this course are to help current and aspiring sport leaders gain a better understanding of effective leadership and to provide the necessary tools for developing effective leaders. This course examines topics within the field of athletics from an educational leadership perspective. The course intends to increase the student’s awareness of the current trends and topics in the field such as safety, transgender issues/athletes, hazing and bullying, unified sports, social media, booster clubs, sportsmanship, evaluation of coaches, dealing with parents/spectators, the value of an athletic trainer, dealing with officials, academic eligibility, home schooled students, and codes of conduct/eligibility.