• SMG 430: Marketing for Sport Management

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  This course is designed to cover: using sports to market other products, marketing of sports products, community relationships, traditional sponsorship, endorsement, licensing, and venue naming rights, marketing of professional and amateur sports, marketing of participation-oriented sports, and the selling of sporting goods and apparel.
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• SMG 431: Administration & Organization of PE

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  A comprehensive study of the role of physical education in education; administrative and organizational problems in physical education, athletics, and intramurals, including supervision, budgeting, facilities and equipment, and safety. Students will organize and sponsor a 5K race. (Spring)
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• SMG 440: Social Context of Sports & Rec

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  This course is a comprehensive study of the social context of sprot, and what its effects are on our past, present, and future.
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• SMG 450: Sports Governance

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  Purpose of this course is to examine the foundations of governance and policy development in both amateur and professional sports and to understand how these have evolved with changes in sports.
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• SMG 498: Sports Management Internship

  3.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  Supervised clinical experience in a fitness and wellness setting. This is a culminating experience at the end of the student's required program of study in their selected area under Health & Human Performance for Sport Management.
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• SOC 101: Introduction To Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  Basic principles and concepts of the discipline; introduction to the theories and methods of the social sciences; emphasis upon social structure and process, including social groups, culture, social institutions, stratification, social problems, and social change. SO 101 is a prerequisite for all 300-400 level SO courses. (Fall, Spring)
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• SOC 201: introduction to Gender & Sexuality

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  This course is designed as an introduction to the study of gender and sexuality. The pedagogical approach will be interdisciplinary. In other words, you will be introduced to the threshold concepts in gender and sexuality studies that are used by feminist scholars across academic disciplines. While sometimes cross-cultural comparisons are made, the primary aim is to critically understand the social construction of gender and sexuality hierarchies in American society. Students will deeply examine normative ways of thinking, knowing, and seeing gender and sexuality in various contexts. A variety of films are used to illustrate concepts and themes. Students will demonstrate their increasing knowledge of the course material through class discussions, exams, quizzes, and a final presentation.
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• SOC 204: Social Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  This course will provide a critical approach to the study of social problems. The goal is to encourage students to seriously and critically analyze the causes and implications of many of the most pressing social problems confronting people today such as poverty, homelessness, unemployment, substance abuse, and global warming. Potential solutions to these problems will also be explored. Prerequisite: SO 101. (Every Fall beginning 2012)
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• SOC 270: SL: Social Research Methods

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  An orientation to the principles and practices of social science methodology, examining the nature of the scientific method and basic techniques in social research design as applied to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Prerequisite: SO 101. (Every Spring beginning 2013)
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• SOC 301: Race And Ethnicity

  3.00 Credits

  Tennessee Wesleyan University

  
  A survey of historical and contemporary patterns of prejudice and discrimination, especially as experienced by major racial and ethnic groups in America; theoretical views and interpretations of majority-minority relations. Prerequisite: SO 101. (Every Fall beginning 2012)
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