Winthrop University offers an interdisciplinary Sport Management degree, an exciting program that will benefit students who have an interest in the ever-growing business of sport. This joint venture between the Department of Health and Physical Education in the Richard W. Riley College of Education and the College of Business Administration provides a program that effectively combines the two disciplines. Students enrolled in the program pursue the Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management.

Did You Know?

• As of 1996, the sport industry was estimated to be a $324 billion business, ranking in the top 25 of all industries by U.S. gross product.

• Charlotte (only minutes north of Winthrop) is home to a number of professional sport teams, including the NFL's Carolina Panthers, the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the WNBA's Charlotte Sting, AAA baseball's International League Charlotte Knights, the East Coast Hockey League's Charlotte Checkers, and other minor-league teams.

• Located only 15 minutes north of Winthrop University are Knights Stadium, home of AAA baseball International League Charlotte Knights, and the Bobcats' practices facility, which is used by the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats and the WNBA's Charlotte Sting.

• Sport venues in the Charlotte metropolitan region include Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Coliseum, Knights Stadium, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Independence Arena, Memorial Stadium, and Winthrop Coliseum.

• National estimates are that more than 35,000 South Carolinians will be working within the sports industry by 2005

• Winthrop's sport management program is the only one of its kind in the Charlotte metropolitan region, and one of only two in the state of South Carolina.

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