Sport Coaching - Bachelor of Science in Sport Leadership and Management
The Sport Coaching major leads to a Bachelor of Science in Sport Leadership and Management. This major prepares students to succeed in coaching interscholastic, collegiate, or professional sport. Graduates may seek careers with national governing bodies of Olympic sport or coaching education specialists in national or state organizations/associations. Students majoring in sport coaching may not also major in sport management or minor in coaching.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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SLAM Senior Capstone: | 3 | |
Practicum in Sport Leadership and Management | ||
or SLM 402 | Reflections and Actions in Sport Leadership & Management | |
Sport Leadership Core Courses | 18 | |
Ethics in Sport | ||
Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership in Sport Contexts | ||
Principles of Sport Analytics | ||
Psychological Perspectives in Sport and Exercise | ||
Sport, Power and Inequality | ||
Sport Administration | ||
Statistics Course - Select One of the Following: | 3-4 | |
Introduction to Business Statistics | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | ||
Introduction to Business Statistics | ||
Statistics | ||
Sport Coaching Courses | 21 | |
Food, Nutrition & Health | ||
Motor Skill Learning and Performance | ||
Physical Activity and Health | ||
Foundations and Fitness Training for Coaches | ||
Psychosocial Aspects of Coaching | ||
Sport Pedagogy for Coaches and Practitioners | ||
Children and Youth in Sport | ||
Sport Context Courses Select Two: | 6 | |
Sport, Management, and Culture in the Global Marketplace | ||
Global Sport Perspectives | ||
Sport Communication & Media | ||
SLM 274 | ||
Current Issues in Leisure and Sport | ||
Race, Nation, and Sport | ||
Facilities and Event Management in Sport | ||
Sport Marketing | ||
Legal Issues in Sport Leadership and Management | ||
Principles of Effective Coaching | ||
Women, Gender Relations, and Sport | ||
Internship in Coaching (minimum of 1 - 3 Credit Hours, any additional SLM 340 Credit Hours are elective hours) | 1-3 | |
Internship | ||
Business Courses Select Three: | 9 | |
Sport Economics | ||
Applied Sport Analytics | ||
Introduction to Business | ||
Introduction to Management for Non-business Majors | ||
or MGT 291 | Introduction to Management & Leadership | |
Business Concepts in Customer Engagement | ||
or MKT 291 | Principles of Marketing | |
Accounting for the Non-Business Major | ||
Financial Capital | ||
Information Technology and Data Driven Decision Making in Business | ||
Remaining Credit Hours are Electives | ||
Total Credit Hours | 61-64 |