Whereas each year a significant number of entering students have an interest in careers in sport management and wish to be academically prepared for such employment, and

Whereas the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences has existing faculty and courses to support the offering of a major to package the courses and practicum experiences necessary to provide this preparation, and

Whereas the Sport Management program has been successful since 2001 as a concentration within the Health Behavior Management major, be it therefore

Resolved that a new major be established in Sport Management within the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences.