Bachelor of Arts in Sports and Recreation Management
The Sports and Recreation Management major helps to prepare professionals for managerial positions in the sports and recreation industry including professional, intercollegiate, and interscholastic sports, sport/fitness clubs, sports/athletics equipment merchandising, public, private, and commercial recreation programs, and intramural and recreational sports.
Students complete coursework in the following areas: accounting, business, economics, English, information systems, philosophy, physical education, sociology, speech, and psychology. The curriculum consists of learning experiences that are essential for assuming entry-level business management positions in the sports and recreation profession. Students completing the required coursework will be exposed to various theories of management in the field of business administration, exhibit college level writing and speaking skills, and will acquire a knowledge base in the field of sports and recreation management.
Major Course Requirements (34 credits)
- BUS 201 Principles of Management
- BUS 303 Human Resource Management
- BUS 311 Business Law
- BUS 318 Organizational Behavior
- BUS 330 Principles of Marketing
- PED 103 First Aid/Emergency Health Care
- PED 104 Personal Health and Wellness
- PED 210 Intro to History of Recreation and Sport
- PED 240 Applied Kinesiology & Biomechanics
- PED 350 Org. & Admin. of Sport & Athletics.
- PED 352 Admin. of Athletic & Rec. Facilities
- PED 420 Internship in Sport Mgmt.
Collateral Course Requirements (15 Credits):
- ACC 205 Principles of Accounting
- ECO 203 Principles of Macroeconomics
- INF 240 Visual/Verbal Presentations OR
- INF 242 Spreadsheet & Database
- PHI 402 Business Ethics
- ENG 315 Business & Prof. Writing
Elective Courses
Student selects 6 credits from the following courses of which 3 credits must be 300 level.
- ACC 206 Principles of Accounting II
- BUS 312 Business Law II
- BUS 317 Advertising
- BUS 352 e-Business
- SOC 318 Sociology of Sport
- PSY 305 Sports Psychology
- ECO 204 Principles of Microeconomics
- SPE 315 Bus. & Professional Speaking