Voorhees College

Dr. Bill Gunn, coordinator of the program, spearheaded the efforts to implement the new major and said that the new major will have the interest of many students.

“This major is relatively a new one nationwide that will probably be of interest to a large number of students,” Gunn said. “There are so many different job opportunities for students who graduate from this program.”  

Gunn will be teaching the first course in sports management during the fall semester and two additional courses in the spring. These classes will be the first courses required in the sports management curriculum at the sophomore level.  

In addition, the sports management program is interdisciplinary with the business department.  

Some of the classes that make up the curriculum for the sports management major are Sports Event Planning, Ethics and Sports Management, Role of Sports in Society and Finance and Economics in Sports. The total program will consist of 125 credit hours.

“The curriculum for the major will give students all the necessary knowledge and skills needed to have a successful career in sports management,” Gunn said.

“Students will be able to pursue careers in recreational and intramural programs, sports marketing and promotion, sports broadcasting, and college and university intercollegiate athletic programming and various others.”  

Gunn said that he sees the major producing successful graduates working in various capacities of sports management in the near future.

“I see the major having at least 80 to 100 majors and graduates successfully being employed in the field within the next five to ten years,” Gunn said.

President Sellers is excited about the new major and the direction Voorhees is headed.

“The addition of sports management as a major is yet another milestone for Voorhees,” Sellers said. “Voorhees is determined to be a premier liberal arts institution in the nation.”