Sports Leadership, MSLD (Primarily Online)

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Required Courses

• LDR 6400 — Sports Management
• LDR 6405 — Sport in Society
• LDR 6410 — Leadership and Organization in Sports
• LDR 6430 — Sports Law
• LDR 6441 — Sports Media Relations

Restricted Electives

3 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete one 3-semester-hour, 6000-level elective course.

Capstone or Internship

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • LDR 6961 — Internship
  • LDR 6980 — Sports Leadership Capstone

Concentrations

Analytics

• ALY 6105 — Introduction to Applied Statistics
• ALY 6115 — Foundations of Data Analytics
• ALY 6145 — Communication and Visualization with Data

• From the catalog

  Complete 3 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 3 semester hours from:
  • ALY 6125 — Intermediate Analytics
  • ALY 6610 — Data Mining Applications
  • ALY 6620 — Big Data and Cloud Computing

ollegiate Athletics Administration

• LDR 6442 — Athletic Fund-Raising
• LDR 6443 — Ticket Sales and Strategies
• LDR 6455 — NCAA Compliance
• LDR 6615 — Academic Advising for Student-Athletes

eSports

• LDR 6323 — Event Management
• LDR 6480 — The Business of eSports

• From the catalog

  Complete 6 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 6 semester hours from:
  • CMN 6830 — Online Consumer Behaviors
  • DGM 6650 — Game Design Fundamentals
  • DGM 6665 — XR: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Professional Sports Administration

• LDR 6323 — Event Management
• LDR 6435 — Fiscal Practices in Sports
• LDR 6440 — Sports Marketing and Promotions
• LDR 6460 — Risk Management in Athletics

GPA requirements

• 34 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Offered in primarily online format with intensive one-week institutes at specific Northeastern University campuses; please consult your admissions coach or advisor for institute locations.

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