Contemporary Sport Management, fifth edition 2014, by Paul Pedersen and Lucie Thibault, publisher Human Kinetics. ISBN 13: 978-1-4504-6965-4   

This seminar further identifies and explores the organizational roles and responsibilities of the athletic administrator. This course will focus on current events impacting both high school and intercollegiate athletics, the administration of interscholastic athletics, athletics, athletics and the law, legal considerations, cautions and issues (including anti-trust issues, amateur sports issues, Title IX issues, labor issues, tort law issues), and the role of state high school associations now and in the future. Meets MEd Standard I.

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 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.
• Develop a ”managerial or administrative frame of mind” through the case method of instruction