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.

SLAM Senior Capstone: 3
Practicum in Sport Leadership and Management
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 Courses21
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
Introduction to Management & Leadership
Business Concepts in Customer Engagement
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 Hours61-64