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22 courses with the subject SL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

SL 101Foundations of Sport Leadership

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course examines the role that leadership plays within the sport industry and 1391

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 110Sport and the Environment

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course explores the impact of sport on the environment across international contexts. Key concepts discussed in this course will include environmental sustainability, ecosystem, toxicity/pollution, waste management, recycling, natural resources, and renewable energy. The standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification will be explored and discussed. Sport events and programs across international, national, regional, and local levels will be explored. Course Catalog ID: 041443 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 120Sport and Religion
Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 130Sport and African American Culture
Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 160Personal Branding for a Competitive Edge

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Increasingly, to achieve professional goals, individuals must develop a definitive, strong, and visible personal brand. Whether you're striving to be an employee or a start-up employer, this course teaches you tips and strategies that help define, develop and market a personal brand that can help you reach your professional goals. This course also helps you understand how your personal brand can be leveraged to help you enter and navigate the competitive business landscape. Discussions and presentations drive this highly interactive course. The course challenges your assumption regarding marketing while encouraging critical thinking and planning. 1392

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 180Career Exploration and Development in the Sport Industry12

Upper Level Courses

Subject
SL
Credits (min)
12
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 201Sport in Society

Physical Chemistry Concentration

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 202Introduction to Sport Psychology

1393

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 204Coaching, Athletic Administration, and Equity Mindedness

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of coaching, athletic administration, and equity mindedness. The coaching portion of the course will introduce students to the importance of philosophies, human psychology, motivation, interpersonal communication, skill development, and adaptive strategy implementation. The athletic administration portion of the course will expose students to the responsibilities of being an administrator including understanding different units within an athletic department, managing a budget, short-term and long-term planning, and leading and developing staff and scholastic athletes. The equity mindedness aspect of the course will focus on teaching effective ways to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion within an athletic organization. Collectively, students will learn the skills necessary to be an equity-minded coach and athletic administrator across multiple levels of sport. Course Catalog ID: 042825 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 206Community Sport

Credit(s): 3 1394

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 280Internship I: Sport Practicum

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Internship Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course is to provide an experiential learning opportunity for students to develop their professional skill set in preparation to be successful in the sport industry. Students will complete contact hours at a sport related site and be supervised by a site supervisor. Students will also critically reflect upon their practicum experiences via weekly log submissions. Students will also complete an agency analysis and portfolio at the conclusion of the course. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: SL 101 and SL 180 Course Catalog ID: 041432 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 297Sport Media

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) 1395

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 301Sport Operations

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course is expose students to the interworking of operations of sport organizations including risk, facility, and event management. Students will learn about the various procedures, protocols, and best practices for effectively organizing and managing sport events and facilities. Key topics of the course will include risk management, event planning process, budgeting, staffing, communications, and evaluation processes. Course Catalog ID: 041433 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 302Sport Marketing and Sales

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles of sport marketing and equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective sport marketers. This introductory course will focus on the uniqueness of sport marketing, strategic marketing management, sport consumer behavior, data-based marketing and the role research in sport marketing, market segmentation, product and brand management, pricing strategies, promotions, 1396

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 310Race and Sport
Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 331Gender and Sport

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course explores the history and contemporary role of gender, sex, and sexism in sporting spaces. Significant sporting events along with political and sociocultural shifts in society will be examined using gender-based theoretical frameworks. Students will identify the ways in which and specific conditions when sport reinforces, resists, and/or reflects dominant gender ideologies. Course Catalog ID: 041442 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 380Internship II: Domestic

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Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 381Internship III: International

Credit(s): 6 Component(s): Internship Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course is to provide an experiential learning opportunity for students to develop their professional skill set in preparation to be successful in the sport industry. Students will complete contact hours at a sport related site and be supervised by a site supervisor. Students will also critically reflect upon their practicum experiences via weekly log submissions. Students will also complete an agency analysis and portfolio at the conclusion of the course. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: SL 180 Course Catalog ID: 041436 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 401Sport Law, Ethics, and Equity

Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The purpose of this course to introduce students to the legal doctrines, major statutes, standards, and case law that establish legal responsibilities, rights, privileges, and controls as it relates to managerial functions in the sport industry. Students will learn the intersections and distinctions between legality, ethics, and morality in relation to sport organizations and practices. Students will learn key ethical concepts, principles, and theories and explore the usefulness of applying these approaches and strategies to issues facing professionals in the sport management industry. Students will learn about how sport fosters equity and inequity in society. Key topical areas that will be covered in this course include ethical decision making, ethical leadership, and applied sport ethics. Course Catalog ID: 041437 Course Offer Number: 1

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 410Sport Activism, Advocacy, and Agency

1398

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 420Sport and Globalization

Interdisciplinary Business Major (BS)

Subject
SL
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu
SL 498Capstone: Sport and Social Change6

Related Subject Area Courses

Subject
SL
Credits (min)
6
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.umb.edu

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