2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Recreation and Sport Management Major


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(48-66 credits)

The University offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Recreation and Sport Management.

Coursework includes 3 required core courses (9 credit hours)—plus a concentration selected from the following areas:

  • Recreation Management and Youth Leadership
  • Recreation Therapy
  • Sport Management
  • Nonprofit Leadership

In addition, all students will complete a fieldwork experience prior to an internship.

Bachelor of Science in Recreation & Sport Management


with a concentration in Recreation Management and Youth Leadership (48 credits)

Bachelor of Science in Recreation & Sport Management


with a concentration in Recreation Therapy (66 credits)

Bachelor of Science in Recreation & Sport Management


with a concentration in Sport Management (48 credits)

Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Sport Management


with a concentration in Nonprofit Leadership (48 credits)

Recreation and Sport Management Foundational Core (9 credits)


Nonprofit Leadership Concentration (39 credits)


  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
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  • 3 credits
  • 1 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 1 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • Competency Elective (Communication, Marketing, & Public Relations; Human Development) 3 credits
    • AHS 103-Human Development within the Family Context                  
    • AHS 237-Child Development                                                                 
    • AHS 238-Adolescent Development                                                        
    • AHS 302-Health Promotion and Aging                                                  
    • AHS 436-Parent Education
    • COMM 368-Introduction to Public Relations    
    • CRIM 423-Juvenile Delinquency
    • EPSY 202-Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
    • EPSY 221-Developmental Psychology
    • EPSY 342-Growth and Development of the Young Child
    • MKTG 301-Introduction to Marketing   
    • MKTG 310-Marketing for Nonprofit and Services Organizations        
    • PSY 266-Developmental Psychology                                                     
    • PSY 362-Psychology of Personality                                                       
    • RCSM 200-Introduction to Recreation Management & Youth Leadership
    • RCSM 473-Aging & Leisure                                                                  
    • SOC 421-Sociology of Aging and Retirement                                       
    • SOC 472-Families in Later Life                                                             
    • SOWK 240-Family and Child Welfare                                                  
    • SOWK 241-Human Development and Ecological Systems                   
    • SOWK 382-Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Synthesis
    • WS 200-Introduction to Women’s Studies

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