Recreation Leadership: Sports Management

This 2-year program is designed for students who wish to combine a practical business background with an interest in the sports world. Course work and leadership experience in Sport Management are emphasized in the program.

Graduates of the Recreation Leadership/Sports Management AAS will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes:

Foundation knowledge of sports management/recreation leadership core concepts and methods:

• Scope of physical education, sport, recreation and leisure today in terms of past present and future trends concerning organized programs, leadership, funding,
  sponsorship and professional organization
• Goals and overall philosophical base of the physical education, sport, recreation, leisure field in modern society as well as the problems, challenges and issues that face leaders in today’s society
• Understanding of the relationship between leisure, recreation, and health
• Knowledge of the process used in the delivery of therapeutic recreation services
• Knowledge and understanding of coaching as a profession
• Knowledge and understanding of sport and event management
• Exercise facts and basic knowledge of fitness
• Problem solving – decision making for lifetime fitness
• Components of a sound philosophy as it pertains to interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics
• Administrative processes essential to a successful sports program including budgeting, record keeping, public relations, and facility management
• Problem solving and decision making for implementing new camp programs
• Task generalization and sufficient evaluation of methods essential for camp settings
• The importance of human resource management in sports
• Basic understanding of the laws regarding liability, contract law and risk management as it pertains to sports management

Knowledge of information literacy as it relates to recreation leadership/sport management:

• Interpret both the theoretical and practical aspect of physical education, sport, recreation, leisure fields
• Analyze the scholarly meaning of physical education, sports, recreation and leisure as seen from the perspectives of such social and behavioral sciences as
  history, sociology, psychology and economics
• Explore scientific principles as they relate to athletic training and conditioning
• Distinguish the effects of psychological, sociological, and environmental variables on athletic training and competition
• Basic library, research and communication skills
• Ability to understand, summarize, analyze and critically evaluate
• Sources of recreation leadership/sport management information

Critical thinking, oral and written communication skills:

• General communication skills
• Instruction in and assessment of critical thinking skills