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Online Graduate Certificate in Sports Management

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About This Program

The sports management certificate at American Military University (AMU) provides a comprehensive overview of the sports industry.

AMU’s sports management certificate program is designed to enhance your sports-related business knowledge and skills, covering topics such as:

  • Marketing
  • Administration
  • Entrepreneurship and small business ventures
  • Sports law

This knowledge could be applied to sports marketing agencies, intercollegiate athletics, interscholastic athletics, professional sport franchises, and recreational services.

Our sports management graduate certificate online program also probes the unique aspects of sports management and managing sport in the 21st century.

What You Will Do

  1. Recognize the impact of laws, rules, and regulations on the sports industry
  2. Distinguish and interpret how the sports industry is influenced by economic and financial pressures
  3. Compare and contrast how marketing professionals use the media to capture the public’s attention to increase sports visibility in today’s marketplace

Program at a Glance

Number of Credits
18
Transfer up to 9 credits1
Cost Per Credit
$455 | $250*
$386.75** | $409.50***
*with Preferred Military Rate
**with Veteran Grant
***with APUS Opportunity Grant
Courses Start Monthly
Online
and vary from 8 to 16 weeks

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Program Requirements Printable Catalog Version

Must take all courses for this section.

Course ID: 5370

This course studies the sports industry across all of its disciplines, functions, economics, leaders, and organizations. It is a macro view of sports as a major component of the modern corporate, social, economic, and recreation world. The industry is studied in detail in many different aspects as it exists in society. The history, contemporary situation, and future outlook of the sports industry are addressed.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates12/30/24 - 05/30/25 Course Dates06/02/25 - 07/27/25 SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates01/27/25 - 07/04/25 Course Dates07/07/25 - 08/31/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates02/24/25 - 08/01/25 Course Dates08/04/25 - 09/28/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates03/31/25 - 08/29/25 Course Dates09/01/25 - 10/26/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates04/28/25 - 10/03/25 Course Dates10/06/25 - 11/30/25 SessionFall 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session

Course ID: 5126

This course is an introduction to sports-related legal issues and concepts. Its focus is on providing an overview of the major legal issues associated with sports, sports management, and the sports industry. Students will conduct research, read, and write on issues associated with the sports legal industry. Topics include but are not limited to discrimination, legislation, regulation and rights, competition, contract, labor, tort and trademark law, and administrative, antitrust and constitutional law.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates12/30/24 - 05/30/25 Course Dates06/02/25 - 07/27/25 SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates01/27/25 - 07/04/25 Course Dates07/07/25 - 08/31/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates02/24/25 - 08/01/25 Course Dates08/04/25 - 09/28/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates03/31/25 - 08/29/25 Course Dates09/01/25 - 10/26/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Course ID: 2768

This course focuses on the marketing, promotions, public relations, and communications involved in the multi-billion dollar sports industry. The course provides research, case analysis, and other opportunities to learn of the effective principles, theories, practices, and methods involved with all aspects of sports communications.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates12/30/24 - 05/30/25 Course Dates06/02/25 - 07/27/25 SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates01/27/25 - 07/04/25 Course Dates07/07/25 - 08/31/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates02/24/25 - 08/01/25 Course Dates08/04/25 - 09/28/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates05/26/25 - 10/31/25 Course Dates11/03/25 - 12/28/25 SessionFall 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session

Course ID: 2769

The main thrust of this course is the application of principles and practices of financial management, as it applies to organizations in the sport industry. This course seeks to develop the financial skills necessary to gain an understanding of an array of financial concepts that impact sport managers. Students will examine financial strategies related to sport entities and organizations and will be introduced to current economic and financial issues that impact the sport industry. Included in the course are the basics of accounting, budgets and budgeting systems, performance measures creation, and financial statement evaluation for the purpose of cost analysis and planning. Other topics include budget development, funding, capital projects, economic impact, and supply and demand in the sport industry.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates12/30/24 - 05/30/25 Course Dates06/02/25 - 07/27/25 SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates02/24/25 - 08/01/25 Course Dates08/04/25 - 09/28/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates05/26/25 - 10/31/25 Course Dates11/03/25 - 12/28/25 SessionFall 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session

Course ID: 2771

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills for designing and managing sport and recreation facilities and organizing sport events. Included in the course are topics related to planning for events and tournaments, scheduling of facilities and events, and overall management of events. Students will examine several different types of sporting events from local tournaments to the Olympics. The course will also delineate the factors involved in the planning, design and management of events while examining the social, economic and environmental impacts of sporting events on the host community. Throughout the course students are encouraged to attend and/or volunteer at sporting events to put the course knowledge in to practice.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates12/30/24 - 05/30/25 Course Dates06/02/25 - 07/27/25 SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates03/31/25 - 08/29/25 Course Dates09/01/25 - 10/26/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Course ID: 2772

This course focuses on the entrepreneurial opportunities in the sports industry, to include sports management, sports franchise, sports agency, and small sports business management professions and programs. The course focuses heavily on the business plan, financial, and planning issues associated with entrepreneurial and small business ventures. Students will develop their own entrepreneurial sports plan as an independent research project for this course.
Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
Registration Dates02/24/25 - 08/01/25 Course Dates08/04/25 - 09/28/25 SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration Dates04/28/25 - 10/03/25 Course Dates10/06/25 - 11/30/25 SessionFall 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session

Courses Start Monthly

Next Courses Start Jun 2
Register by May 30
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Admission Requirements

  • All AMU master's degree/graduate certificate programs require a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an institution whose accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA®). Please read all graduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
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Materials Cost

Technology fee: $85 per course 

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2Alumni Graduated with No APUS-incurred Student Loan Debt As of December 31, 2021

Includes alumni who graduated with an associate, bachelor's, or master's degree from APUS. Student loan debt is defined as student loans and private education loans used for tuition, fees, living expenses, and book costs associated with courses taken at APUS. Many APUS students receive military tuition assistance and veterans education benefits, which are not student loan debt.

1The University reserves the right to accept or deny credits according to policies outlined on our University website. Please see the University's transfer credit policy webpage for complete information.

*Cost Per Credit Hour

The Preferred Military Rate is $250 per credit hour for undergraduate and  master's-level courses. This rate is available to all U.S. active-duty servicemembers, National Guard members, Reservists, and military families, including parents, spouses, legal partners, siblings, and dependents.

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