Program Requirements

  1. 128 credit hours to graduate
  2. Includes 43 hours of general requirements
  3. 36 hours of HPER courses
  4. 18 hours of business courses
  5. Internship

Course Selection

Required Physical Education Courses
PE 118 Development of PE & Sport in the United States
PE 201 Scientific Foundation for PE
PE 218 Socioculture Bases of PE/Sport
PE 290 Practicum
PE 345 Physiology of Exercise
PE 475 Seminar in Sports Management/Marketing
PLS 411 Recreation Areas and Facilities
HPER Elective Courses (Select 15 hours from the following)
PE 215 Sports Injury Control and Management
PE 321 Kinesiology
PE 401 Sports Ethics
PE 420 Sports Law
PE 425 Sports Film
PE 435 Adapted PE/Mainstreaming
PE 476 Theoretical/Practical Aspects of Coaching
PLS 320 Recreational Sports & Campus Management
PLS 401 Organization/Administration of Parks and Recreation
PLS 402 Assessment/Evaluation In Recreation & Leisure Services
PLS 421 Recreation for Special Populations
Business/Journalism Required

 
ACC 410 Financial Accounting
ECN 200 Survey of Economics
JMC 330 Fundamentals of Public Relations
MGT 218 Business Statistics
MGT 320 Principles of Management
MKT 340 Principles of Marketing
Select 6 Hours From One of the Following Tracks

 
Track I Marketing/Sporting Goods Retail
Track II Media/Communication/Public Relations
Track III Operations/Facilities Management

For Information Contact

Dr. C. Robert Barnett, Chair and Professor, Division of HPER

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