Sport and Leisure Services Administration Concentration
The professional disciplines that comprise Sport and 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 becomes effective beginnining in the Fall of 2006. Any student enrolled at UTC may change catalog years to the Fall of 2006 and complete this concentration instead of the old Sports Administration or Leisure Studies Concentrations. If you were enrolled at UTC prior to Fall 2006 you may still complete the old concentrations.
Program of Study:
Sport and 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 and 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 200 or BAAC 201
ECON 102*
BMGT 315
BFIN 300 or BFIN 302
BMKT 313
One other course from the College of Business Administration at the 200 level or higher.
Entrepreneurship Minor
18 hours including:
BMKT 313
BMKT 430
BMGT 103
BMGT 340
BFIN 300
BAAC 200
Sport and Leisure Service Administration HHP Core Courses (34 hours)
HHP 021 + 1HHP Activity Course (2 hours)
HHP 154 (3 hours)
HHP 201 (3 hours)
HHP 212 (1 hour)
HHP 213 (1 hour)
HHP 332 (3 hours)
HHP 405 (3 hours)
HHP 406 (3 hours)
HHP 456 (3 hours)
HHP 479 (6 hours)
HHP 480 (6 hours)
Majors in HHP Sport and Leisure Service Administration must select one concentration from the following:
Leisure Service Administration (12 hours)
HHP 220 (2 hours)
HHP 209 (2 hours)
HHP 218, (2 hours)
Six Hours from: HHP 453, HHP 305, HHP 216, HHP 217
Sport Administration (12 hours)
BMGT 103 (3 hours)
BMKT 361 (3 hours)
COMM 101 (3 hours)
COMM 271 (3 hours)
Outdoor Recreation Administration (12 hours)
HHP 202 (2 hours)
HHP 306 (3 hours)
HHP 307 (3 hours)
HHP Outdoor Specialization: Aquatic Management, Paddling, Outdoor Adventure.
(4 hours)* Select and complete certification in one from below
Aquatic Management
049 Beginning Scuba*
058 Scuba Lifesaving and Accident Management*
059 Life Guarding*
088 Advanced Scuba*
091 Water Safety Instruction*
Paddling
041 Beginning Rowing
042 Beginning Sculling
046 Beginning Canoeing
062 Beginning Kayaking
065 Intermediate Rowing
080 Advanced Rowing
Outdoor Adventure
028 Beginning Hiking and Backpacking
054 Rock Climbing and Rappelling
090 Mountain Biking
One hour from 046 Beginning Canoeing or 062 Beginning Kayaking
Electives (14/15 hours) (Advisor approval required)
Check Sheet for Sports and Leisure Services Administration Concentration
