Sport Management 575 - Women in Business
Spring
2026
01
3.00
Katherine Sveinson,Elizabeth Melton
M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
82851
School of Management 124
ksveinson@isenberg.umass.edu
nmelton@isenberg.umass.edu
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad introduction to the experiences, barriers, opportunities, and networking for women in sport business. Students will examine a range of topics including but not limited to women in leadership, sexism and gender underrepresentation, networking, personal branding, managing up, negotiating, and other topics uniquely relevant to women working in sport business. Upon completion of this course, students should understand how the various dimensions of the gendered workplace influences the experiences of women in sport.
Open to junior and senior SPORTMGT majors and MS-SPORTMGT and MBA/MS graduate students. Please contact the Sport Management faculty member who is teaching this course for permission to register.