| The purpose of this study was to provide information related to sport management academic programs which could be utilized by curriculum designers in the field of sport management. Specifically, this study aimed to determine the courses required for a sport management career in the European Community. It attempted to identify the minimal courses which should be required in both the undergraduate and graduate sport management academic programs in Europe, and to collect information on demographic variables on academicians and practitioners of the European Community.;A questionnaire, developed by the investigator, was mailed to 103 academicians and 141 practitioners of the European Community. The courses most highly emphasized by both academicians and practitioners for the development of an undergraduate sport management curriculum were: (a) sport management, (b) internship, (c) personnel management, (d) sport law, (e) sponsorship in sport, and (f) public relations. In addition to the above courses, the academicians emphasized leisure business, management theory, leisure management, and personnel and facility management, whereas practitioners emphasized negotiations, communications in sport, sport marketing, and marketing, for the development of an undergraduate academic program.;The courses most highly emphasized by the two groups for the development of a graduate sport management curriculum were: (a) sport marketing, (b) sport management, (c) sport public relations, (d) internship, (e) sponsorship in sport, (f) event management, (g) sport facility management, and (h) sport economics. In addition to the above courses, the academicians emphasized research methods in sport and seminars in sport management, whereas practitioners emphasized professional sport law and sport financing. Furthermore, differences were found between academicians and practitioners in the identification of the core courses to be included in both undergraduate and graduate sport management programs. |
