Sport & Leisure Services Administration Concentration
The professional disciplines that comprise Sport & Leisure Services Administration prepare students for management and leadership positions in many commercial settings. It recognizes the marriage between sport and society, and allows majors to select an emphasis on either sport administration (the business of sport) or traditional leisure services, such as recreation and tourism management.
This concentration became effective beginnining in the Fall of 2006. If you were enrolled at UTC prior to Fall 2006 you may still complete the old concentrations.
Program of Study:
Sport & Leisure Service Administration will have three distinct tracts: Sport Administration, Leisure Services, and Outdoor Recreation. A common core of courses (in HHP and Business Administration) will serve as foundation courses. Students will then enter their selected tracts for specialization:
General Education: (40 or 41 hours)
Rhetoric & Composition (6 hours)
Mathematics (3 hours)
Statistics BMGT 211 (3 hours)
Natural Sciences (7 or 8 hours)
Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
Cultures and Civilizations (9 hours)
Behavioral and Social Science: ECON 102 & HHP 407 (6 hours)
Business Administration Core (18 hours)
Sport & Leisure Services Administration majors may only complete a maximum of 30 hours in the College of Business Administration. Students will select coursework which leads to either a Business Administration Minor or Entrepreneurship Minor:
Business Administration Minor:18 hours including:
BAAC 2000 or BAAC 2010
ECON 1020*
BMGT 3150
BFIN 3000 or BFIN 3020
BMKT 3130
One other course from the College of Business Administration at the 2000 level or higher.
Entrepreneurship Minor
18 hours including:
BMKT 3130
BMKT 4300
BMGT 1030
BMGT 3400
BFIN 3000
BAAC 2000
Sport & Leisure Service Administration HHP Core Courses (34 hours)
HHP 0210 + 1HHP Activity Course (2 hours)
HHP 1540 (3 hours)
HHP 2010 (3 hours)
HHP 2120 (1 hour)
HHP 2130 (1 hour)
HHP 3320 (3 hours)
HHP 4050 (3 hours)
HHP 4060 (3 hours)
HHP 4560 (3 hours)
HHP 4790 (6 hours)
HHP 4800 (6 hours)
Majors in HHP Sport & Leisure Service Administration must select one concentration from the following:
Leisure Service Administration (12 hours)
HHP 2200 (2 hours)
HHP 2090 (2 hours)
HHP 2180 (2 hours)
Six (6) Hours from: HHP 4530, HHP 3050, HHP 2160, HHP 2170
Sport Administration (12 hours)
BMGT 1030 (3 hours)
BMKT 3610 (3 hours)
COMM 1010 (3 hours)
COMM 2710 (3 hours)
Outdoor Recreation Administration (12 hours)
HHP 2020 (2 hours)
HHP 3060 (3 hours)
HHP 3070 (3 hours)
HHP Outdoor Specialization: Aquatic Management, Paddling, Outdoor Adventure.
(4 hours)* Select and complete certification in one from below
Aquatic Management
0490 Beginning Scuba*
0580 Scuba Lifesaving and Accident Management*
0590 Life Guarding*
0880 Advanced Scuba*
0910 Water Safety Instruction*
Paddling
0410 Beginning Rowing
0420 Beginning Sculling
0460 Beginning Canoeing
0620 Beginning Kayaking
0650 Intermediate Rowing
0800 Advanced Rowing
Outdoor Adventure
0280 Beginning Hiking and Backpacking
0540 Rock Climbing and Rappelling
0900 Mountain Biking
One hour from 0460 Beginning Canoeing or 0620 Beginning Kayaking
Electives (14/15 hours) (Advisor approval required)
Check Sheet for Sports & Leisure Services Administration Concentration
