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The graduate program in Recreation and
Sport Management prepares students to assume supervisory
and administrative positions in public recreation and park
systems, voluntary agencies, facility and event
management, higher education, professional sports
organizations, and community-based/amateur athletic
programs.
The core content of the graduate program emphasizes
seven competency areas established by the
National Association for
Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the
North American Society for
Sport Management (NASSM). These emphasis areas
include:
- Leadership, Management, and Organization of
Recreation and Sport
- Research Methods and Applications
- Legal Aspects of Recreation and Sport
- Marketing of Recreation and Sport Programs and
Facilities
- Recreation and Sport in the Social Context
- Financial Management of Recreation and Sport
Programs
- Ethics in Recreation and Sport Management
Since 1991, the program has had a nearly 100% placement
rate for graduates. The graduate program was designed to
keep the instructor-to-student ratio small, allowing
opportunities for students and faculty to develop close
working relationships.
The program serves an international constituency.
Potential employers include public and private schools,
public recreation departments, colleges/universities.,
nonprofit youth sport organizations, private health and
fitness organizations, United States Olympic Committee and
its various national governing bodies, professional sports
teams, intercollegiate league offices, collegiate and
professional sport media offices, state games offices,
senior game/Olympic offices, sport facility and event
management organizations, sports manufacturers or
distributors, and sports commissions.
Dr. Tom Sawyer is Coordinator of the
Recreation and Sport Management graduate program. He may be contacted by
email at:
tsawyer@indstate.edu, or phone at (812) 237-2645.
The following links provide details about the program:
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