Sport Administration Option
Course Descriptions
Introduction to Research
EFN 730 Credits 3
Present purposes, methods, and techniques in the conduct of research. Emphasis on understanding the product of current research. Each student is guided through a self-selected problem.
Interpretation of Statistical Data
EFN 735 Credits 3
An introductory course in statistics with the essential purpose of providing scholars with the tools to interpret and evaluate the results of research.
Planning Facilities for Physical Activity and Sport
ESS 545 Credits 3
A study of planning techniques concerning facility development and maintenance for schools, athletic clubs, fitness centers, and professional sport organizations. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ESS or acceptance to undergraduate sport management emphasis.
Sport Administration
ESS 702 Credits 3
Principles of management theory and practice in the sport industry, including management functions, personnel, fiscal, program, and facility management of athletic/sport administration enterprise.
Financial Management for Sport Programs
ESS 738 Credits 3
Principles of sport finance and economics including budget development and management, fund-raising, and economic impact of sport, financial theories and practical application of sport income and expenditures in current society.
Current Issues in Sport Law
ESS 739 Credits 3
A comprehensive examination of the court and legal system as it relates to the sport enterprise.
Psychological Aspects of Sport
ESS 749 Credits 3
Examines the developmental, personal, social and psychological aspects of sport performance. Special attention is given to psychological factors such as activation, aggression, anxiety, affiliation, motivation, personality, and performance variables.
Assessment of Physical Education and Athletics
ESS 752 Credits 3
This course is designed for practitioners in the field of physical education and athletics. Students will learn to utilize assessment strategies and data to improve instruction and program effectiveness. Emphasis on the use of assessment data to document effectiveness and increase accountability of physical education and athletic programs.
Sport Marketing
ESS 754 Credits 3
Principles of marketing theory and practice in the sport industry to include public relations, promotions, special events, fund raising, and media.
Problems in Athletics
ESS 760 Credits 3
This course is designed to provide the learner the opportunity to study specific problems in the field of athletics, and to analyze the constantly changing areas of coaching through lectures, readings, visual aids, discussion, and student investigation.
Sports in American Culture
ESS 766 Credits 3
An examination of twentieth-century American culture and the role played in it by sports. Areas to be examined are: the family, labor, industry, schools, churches, communication media, population mobility, government, race relations, foreign relations, war activities, and democracy as they are related to sports in America.
Internship in Sport Administration
ESS 788 C Credits 6
Designed to provide students with an intensive supervised sport administration work experience. The internship must be at least
three consecutive months (40 hours per week). Open only to students in the sport administration track of the ESS M.S. program who have completed all required course work for the degree. All sites for internships must be approved by program director.
Research: Master’s Thesis
ESS 799 Credits 6
An independent research project is to be selected and executed under the direction of a staff member by those students electing to write a thesis. The project may be in any of the areas related to physical education, such as health, recreation, or athletics.
See the current Graduate Course catalog for Elective Course offerings and descriptions.