This course further identifies and explores the organizational roles and responsibilities of the athletic administrator. The course focuses on current events impacting both high school and intercollegiate athletics, the administration of interscholastic athletes, athletics and the law, legal considerations, cautions and issues.      

By the end of course, students will be able to:

• Describe desired professional standards, practices, and ethical principles that should be imbedded in a personal philosophy of athletic administration.
• Explain why sport is a dominant influence in American society.
• Create strategies for the development of an ethical work environment in athletic department
• Describe why a sport organization should effectively manage employment diversity
• Explain the benefits received by the school and community as a result of an effective and efficient athletic program.
• Identify local, state, and national athletic administration organizations/associations and compare their commonalities and differences.
• Describe the process and benefits of obtaining voluntary national certification as an athletic administrator.
• Defend the existence of athletic programs and describe how they can positively impact the academic achievement of student participants.
• Describe common organizational and “reporting chains” for athletic departments within large school districts and post-secondary institutions.
• Acknowledge the importance of planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating in terms of the management of sport organization
• Appreciate the importance of viewing the management of sport as a science
• Recognize the important of three levels of management and the skills associated with the levels.