Sports Studies
Bellarmine’s minor in sports studies is intended to increase students’
understanding and appreciation of sports. The minor enables students to
explore the area of sports through the lens of subjects grounded in the
liberal arts as well as professional studies.Concurrent with the minor,
the Institute for Media, Culture and Ethics plays a critical role in
providing supplemental activities such as sports-related seminars and
guest speakers.
The minor is consistent with the University’s mission to “foster a
thoughtful, informed consideration of serious ideas, values and issues –
time honored and contemporary – across a broad range of compelling
concerns.”
Curriculum
PSYC 209 Sports Psychology: This course is currently taught as a topics course but will
become a permanent course offering.; It will study the psychological
issues associated with sports including from the perspective of
participants, fans and owners. It will emphasize the liberal-arts and
inter-disciplinary aspects of such psychology.
COMM 324 Sports and Media: This course deals with issues related to communications and
the media in the sports industry, and will do so from the perspective of
high schools, colleges, semi-pro and professional teams and
organizations.
ECON 106 Economics of Sports: This course will consider the economic aspects of sports and
how sports impact the economy, as well as how economic issues are often
the driving forces as to how sports are organized and run. It will
look at the major sports of basketball, football, hockey and baseball.
BA 206 Sports Law: This course will deal with the legal aspects of sports
including the rights and obligations of players, fans and owners. It
will also deal with such issues as no competition, no trade, mergers,
monopolies, assumption of risk and many other legal issues that underlie
sports.
HIST History of Sports: This course is being developed by the History Department,
and will describe the history of sports beginning with earliest
treatments by Greek scholars through Greek events up to modern-day
versions.; It will deal with how various sports evolved and what impact
that they have had on cultures and societies.
EXSC 140 Personal Wellness: This course offers students the opportunity to explore
issues in the health care delivery in the sports field as well as how
athletes can improve their performance through personal wellness.
Faculty & Staff
Director, Dr. Robert Brown
Department of Economics
502.272.8249
rbrown@bellarmine.edu
Minor in Sports Studies steering committee:
Robert Brown, Economics
Dan Bauer, Business
Ann Jirkovsky, Psychology
Ed Manassah, Institute for Media, Culture and Ethics
Gail Henson, Communications
Kent Brown, Exercise Science
Bob Pfaadt, History
Doris Tegart and Beth Davis, ex-officio