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Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
A Concentration In
Business Administration
The business concentration within the B.S. in Sport Management — the management and marketing fundamentals behind running sport.
Business Fundamentals
Management, marketing, and money management
Ethics Built In
Includes Business Ethics
Six Focused Courses
18 credits that round out the sport major
Running sport is, at its core, running a business. The Business Administration concentration gives Sport Management students the essential business skills that make sport managers effective — management, marketing, money management, information systems, and business ethics.
On top of the twelve-course sport major, you’ll add eighteen credits of business fundamentals: Introduction to Business, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Personal Money Management, Computer Information Systems, and Business Ethics. The combination is the point — you graduate fluent in both the sport industry and the business principles that keep its organizations running well, all framed by a Biblical Worldview that treats business as stewardship and service.
Understand Business
Get a foundation in how businesses operate.
Manage People and Operations
Learn the principles of management that apply to any organization.
Market What You Offer
Understand marketing — essential to filling seats, selling sponsorships, and building brands.
Handle Money Wisely
Build practical money-management skills for personal and organizational finance.
Work With Information Systems
Learn the computer information systems organizations rely on.
Lead With Integrity
Ground your business decisions in ethics.
The business side of sport runs on trust and how you treat people — and a Biblical Worldview gives those a foundation.
Work as Stewardship
Scripture frames work and resources as a trust to manage well, not just revenue to maximize. That reshapes how you handle the money, operations, and decisions of a sport organization.
Equips you to manage sport organizations with a long view of value.
Integrity in Business
Honest dealing, fair treatment, and kept promises run all through Scripture's view of commerce — which is why business ethics is part of this concentration, not an afterthought.
Prepares you to be trusted, not just capable, in sport business.
People Over Transactions
Every business decision touches real people — staff, athletes, fans. Seeing them as image-bearers reshapes how you manage and market.
Grounds your business practice in dignity and service.
The business foundation makes you effective across the same sport-industry roles the degree opens — and gives you transferable skills beyond sport.
Sport Operations & Administration
Bring real management skill to running teams, departments, and sport organizations.
Sport Marketing & Sales
Apply marketing fundamentals to promotion, ticketing, and sponsorship.
Sport Finance & Business Operations
Handle the money-management and operational side of sport organizations.
Transferable Beyond Sport
Carry core business skills into management and marketing roles in any industry.
The Business Administration concentration turns sport knowledge into management capability.
Sport + Business Together
The combination is what employers want — people who know the industry and how to run an organization.
Core Business Skills
Management, marketing, finance basics, and information systems in one focused block.
Ethics Included
Business Ethics is built in, not optional.
Transferable Foundation
Business fundamentals that serve you well beyond sport, framed by a Biblical Worldview.
Pursuing the Sport Management degree? The Business Administration concentration rounds it out.
Apply to ACU
Submit your application for admission to Arizona Christian University.
Start Your ApplicationConfirm Your Plan With an Advisor
Work with your advisor to sequence the sport major and the business concentration together.
Start With Introduction to Business
Begin with Introduction to Business — the prerequisite for the management and marketing courses.
The Business Administration concentration gives Sport Management students the management and marketing skills to lead sport organizations well. Apply or reach out today.
