Recreation and Sport Management, MS
This dynamic and versatile program prepares passionate, driven professionals to lead organizations, design transformative programs, and create meaningful experiences across the exciting worlds of sport, recreation, health, and community development.
Program overview
Students can earn an MS degree in Recreation and Sport Management. These emphasize the experiential education approach to professional preparation. Students graduating from this program gain practical experience to accompany their academic degrees.
Concentrations
Sport Management – Sport Management includes any combination of skills related to planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating within the context of an organization or department whose primary product or service is related to sport.
Recreational Therapy – Prepares students to use recreation and leisure interventions to improve the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities or illness.
Why study Recreation and Sport Management?
Studying Recreation and Sport Management means choosing a dynamic and rewarding field at the intersection of sport, leisure, health, and community development. It’s a field for energetic, passionate, and business-minded individuals who want to build careers in and around the sports industry.
Recreation and Sport Management prepares students to lead organizations, design programs, and create experiences that enrich lives and strengthen communities. Students will develop expertise in sport administration, facility management, event planning, marketing, finance, and community programming.
What can you do with an MS in Recreation and Sport Management after graduation?
Parks & Recreation Director
Sport Administration & Management
Arena & Stadium Manager
Outdoor Recreation Program Director
Featured Courses
Ethics in Sport Management
Social issues and ethics in sport management.
Sociological Aspects of Sport
Using sociological theories and scholarship to examine social and cultural influences on sport and physical activity.
Sport Marketing
Provides an understanding of diverse aspects of marketing research in sport in order to improve marketing and financial decision-making. Students are exposed to the value and types of marketing research.
Legal Aspects of Sport
Application of contract law, breach of contract, and monetary damages within sport and recreation settings: risk assessment and development of effective risk management strategies; development of contracts; and analysis of cases involving discrimination based upon gender, race, and age as well as protection of rights at amateur and professional levels of sport.
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