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Major of Sports Management

Overview

The University of Business and Technology (UBT) is the first to offer a Sports Management program taught in English in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This program will help to equip future leaders with foundational skills in management, marketing, accounting, finance, and governance for the sports industry. The program will empower students with the required leadership, operational, and analytical skills to pursue a career in this industry. The curriculum is therefore aligned with those aspects of Saudi Vision 2030 that relate to sport

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Vision

1. To provide a core curriculum that will enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills and disposition that are specific to sports management.

2. To facilitate the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills throughout the curriculum, specifically in the field of sports management.

3. To display an understanding of the role and impact of growing and changing technologies on the sport experiences of individuals and communities, and on the delivery of sports management services.

4. To facilitate the development of effective and persuasive communication skills, both verbal and written, for leadership roles across various professional settings, as well as fostering the ability to work effectively with diverse groups and organizations in the field of sports management.

5. To develop an appreciation of how sports management can promote equity and social justice at the global, national, regional, and local levels.


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Mission

To prepare graduates to contribute to society through the provision of a high-quality, market-driven undergraduate program in the field of sports management with a business orientation, thereby producing future leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Dr. Meshael Abdulkader Batarfi , Head of Sport Management Department

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to sports management program where we help you to pursue your dreams and to help our beloved country in achieving 2030 vision. Our education system is offering a rigorous, relevant, and holistic learning approach mixed between theoretical and practical experience.

We commit to develop a spirit in students that enables learning through project development to impact and improve sport ecosystem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We aim to nurture excellence and provide you with an exceptional learning experience that will enable you to become an independent thinker, ready to pursue your chosen career path.

Our objective is to cultivate critical thinking, innovation, and leadership in our graduates through a comprehensive curriculum, cutting-edge facilities, and a dynamic faculty of distinguished scholars and industry experts.

I wish you every success in your time at UBT and hope it will be an enjoyable and transformative experience.

Good luck!

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Careers and Employability

UBT’s Requirement Program consists of non-credited courses and English courses aimed at improving students’ language proficiency before they begin their undergraduate studies, as well as to develop and improve students’ knowledge of mathematical and analytical techniques through the medium of English Language.

The program also familiarizes students with the requirements of undergraduate study, study skills and disciplines of all forms. The program consists of the following courses: Language Levels(English Language Academy "ELA") Pre - Calculus(depending on the placement test) At first, newly admitted students are required to take an English placement test to determine his / her level.Each student will be placed according to his/ her test results in the following list:


COURSE UNITS PREREQUISITE
MATH-099-1 Pre-Calculus 3 EL-400-1 English Language Level 4
EL-100-1 English Language Level 1 1 --
EL-200-1 Academic English Level 2 1 EL-100-1 English Language Level 1
EL-300-1 Academic English Level 3 1 EL-200-1 Academic English Level 2
EL-400-1 Academic English Level 4 1 EL-300-1 Academic English Level 3

Students may seek course exemptions at ELA by submitting one of the following options:

  • TOEFL iBT result of 75/120 and IELTS result of 5/9
  • Pass the ELA placement test with a very high score 100/120.
  • Student may be exempted from MATH099 by passing the pre-calculus course placement test

SPORT MANAGEMENT


Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1
this course includes recording, classifying, reporting, and interpreting of financial data for service and merchandising businesses. it includes the study of the journals, ledgers and financial statements used by these entities. it also covers the accounting treatment of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT101-2
it covers accounting systems in medium and large size firms. it also includes accounting treatments of formation and profit distribution of partnerships and corporations.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: ARAB101-2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, EL400-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1
this course includes the major functions of management. emphasis is on planning, organization, controlling, directing, and communicating. the course emphasizes and demonstrates the significant contributions of teamwork, utilizing these functions of management.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ENG102-3
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, STAT121-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, ECON201-1, MKT120-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: FIN230-1, MKT120-1, SCM230-2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, BUS351-1, STAT121-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: FIN230-1, HRM120-1, MKT120-1, SCM230-2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ENG102-3
an overview of the modern market economy as a system for dealing with the scarcity problems. topics include operation and decision-making of economic units. it also covers supply, demand, resources allocation; analysis of various market and industry structures. shortage of resources and their controls, social costs and benefits; international trade; comparative systems are also included. ‎
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ECON101-1
the course analyses the relationships among certain economics variables on national level such as national income, employment, inflation and money supply. the role of government expenditure, taxation monetary policies; international finance; economic development, and their influencing on future economies behaviors are also considered.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: EL100-1
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: EL100-1, EL300-1
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: EL200-1
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: EL300-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ENG101-7
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT101-2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, ENG101-7
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: EL400-1
this course studies general topics of economics in islam, concentrating on issues such as: private and public property, money and its time value, transactions involving property transfer and its exceptional restrictions, the importance of work and worker relations, conditions and controls, the rights of workers and owners, productivity, the right of consumers and income distribution.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1, MATH099-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, ENG101-7
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1, STAT121-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: EL400-1
survey of theories of interpersonal communication in social and professional relational contexts with attention to roles, social exchange, dimensions of communication both socially and professionally, development and deterioration of communications.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BUS101-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ENG102-3
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: MKT120-1, SPM201-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: SPM201-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: FIN230-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: SPM352-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: SPM202-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: SPM201-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ECON201-1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: ENG101-7, MATH101-3

Requirements Program

UBT’s Requirement Program consists of non-credited courses and English courses aimed at improving students’ language proficiency before they begin their undergraduate studies, as well as to develop and improve students’ knowledge of mathematical and analytical techniques through the medium of English Language.

The program also familiarizes students with the requirements of undergraduate study, study skills and disciplines of all forms. The program consists of the following courses: Language Levels(English Language Academy "ELA") Pre - Calculus(depending on the placement test) At first, newly admitted students are required to take an English placement test to determine his / her level.Each student will be placed according to his/ her test results in the following list:


COURSE UNITS PREREQUISITE
MATH-099-1 Pre-Calculus 3 EL-400-1 English Language Level 4
EL-100-1 English Language Level 1 1 --
EL-200-1 Academic English Level 2 1 EL-100-1 English Language Level 1
EL-300-1 Academic English Level 3 1 EL-200-1 Academic English Level 2
EL-400-1 Academic English Level 4 1 EL-300-1 Academic English Level 3

Students may seek course exemptions at ELA by submitting one of the following options:

  • TOEFL iBT result of 75/120 and IELTS result of 5/9
  • Pass the ELA placement test with a very high score 100/120.
  • Student may be exempted from MATH099 by passing the pre-calculus course placement test

Preparatory (Fall)

Course Code Course Name Units
MATH099 PRE-CALCULUS 3
Total : 3

Freshmen (Fall)

Course Code Course Name Units
STAT121 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS 3
SOC 140 COMMUNICATION SKILLS 3
MKT 120 MARKETING PRINCIPLES 3
HRM 120 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 3
ENG 102 ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES 3
BAIS101 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3
ACCT102 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 2 3
Total : 21

Sophomore (Spring)

Course Code Course Name Units
BUS 230 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 3
BUS 231 QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYSIS 3
ECON101 MICROECONOMICS 3
ARAB201 ARABIC LANGUAGE 2 2
FIN 230 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 3
SCM 230 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3
Total : 17

Sophomore (Fall)

Course Code Course Name Units
SPM 201 PRINCIPLE OF SPORT MANAGEMENT 3
SPM 202 SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT 3
BUS 241 BUSINESS LAW 3
BUS 240 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3
ECON201 MACROECONOMICS 3
ISLS201 ISLAMIC 2 2
Total : 17

Junior (Spring)

Course Code Course Name Units
ELCTSM1 MAJOR ELECTIVE 1 3
SPM 351 SPORT MARKETING 3
SPM 352 SPORT LAW AND ETHICS 3
BUS 351 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3
BUS 350 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 3
ELCTG1 COLLEGE ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT 3
Total : 18

Junior (Fall)

Course Code Course Name Units
ELCTG2 COLLEGE ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT 3
SPM 362 GOVERNANCE IN SPORT 3
ELCTSM2 MAJOR ELECTIVE 2 3
SPM 363 SPORT LEADERSHIP 3
ISLS301 ISLAMIC CULTURE 3 (BUSINESS ETHICS) 3
SPM 361 SPORT FINANCE 3
Total : 18

Senior (Spring)

Course Code Course Name Units
BUS 470 RESEARCH METHODS 3
BUS 471 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3
ELCTSM3 MAJOR ELECTIVE 3 3
SPM 481 SPORT MEDIA 3
SPM 482 WOMEN SPORT LEADERSHIP 3
SPM 483 SPORT ECONOMIC 3
Total : 18

Senior (Fall)

Course Code Course Name Units
SPM 490 CO-OP TRAINING (INTERNSHIP IN SPORT MANAGEMENT) 6
Total : 6
Plain Total : 118
Total Number of Courses : 39