Iona University will debut a new minor in sports business during the Fall 2023 semester.
The 18-credit minor will be presented through Iona”™s LaPenta School of Business and explore how traditional business fields such as finance and marketing relate to sports. Students will also participate in a course on facilities and events management, designed by the University”™s athletics department. After completing their courses, students enrolled in the sports business minor will complete a supervised internship within a sports-related organization.
The sports business minor is open to any student, regardless of their major, as long as they have at least four full-time semesters left for their coursework.
“The business of sports reaches well beyond the games we watch and the athletes we follow,” said Dr. Eric Hamerman, associate professor and department chairman for marketing at the New Rochelle-based school. “To keep a sports organization solvent at any level ”“ from the biggest professional teams to children”™s recreational leagues ”“ it takes a group of professionals working in all of the core business functions. With our new minor, we will prepare Iona students to apply these skills to sports, while also providing hands-on, real-world internship experience.”
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