Recreational Sport Management
SEE YOURSELF...
- supervising recreational sport facility scheduling and maintenance functions
- scheduling and coordinating recreational sports programs and tournaments
- hiring, training, and scheduling sport officials and support personnel
- coordinating a large recreational sports event
- supervising community youth and adult recreational sport programs
If you can picture yourself in a rewarding professional career enriching the lives of others by planning, managing, and providing recreational and leisure service, then choose the Recreational Sport Management specialization in Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies at Indiana University.
You Can Get There from Here
In these adventures you're the guide, helping people and communities explore healthy lifestyles and reach their potential. You'll be helping others gain confidence, reduce stress, balance work and play, and foster a healthy team spirit.
Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies at Indiana University helps its undergraduates learn to help others by serving as qualified Recreational Sports Specialists. With its expert faculty, hands-on experiences, and excellent programs, the department can help you build a career that will enrich people's lives.
Recreational Sport Management Specialization
The Recreational Sport Management specialization in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies focuses on enhancing the quality of people’s lives by helping them participate in challenging physical activities and by bringing professional management skills to state-of-the-art sports facilities and programs around the world.
The curriculum includes a general education core, specialization courses, electives, 320 hours of field experience, and an internship. Each student meets regularly with a faculty advisor for ongoing academic and career planning.
The Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation has a unique and highly successful approach to professional preparation in the area of sport management. We prepare students to assume direct leadership and supervisory positions in all types of participatory recreational sport programs, and for the management of people and resources in a variety of recreational sport settings.
After completing the program, students are eligible for certification as Recreational Sports Specialists by the National Intramural Recreational Sport Association.
Continuing Opportunities
- Master of Science (M.S.) in Recreation with a specialization in Recreational Sport Administration
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Leisure Behavior
Follow in These Footsteps
Your Bachelor of Science degree with a specialization in Recreational Sport Management will prepare you for careers in a broad range of venues, including:
- campus recreational sports
- corporate sport and fitness program development
- nonprofit recreational sports management
- Boys’ Clubs/Girls’ Clubs
- employee recreational sports
- military recreational sports and fitness management
- amateur athletics with the AAU and state games across the country
Because people are spending more time and money on leisure and fitness services, the job outlook for recreation and park administration graduates is good. In 2000, Newsweek predicted that 50 percent of American jobs will be in leisure and tourism by 2050. The Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies prepares and makes available to all students a monthly nationwide listing of recreation-related jobs totaling more than 1,500 annually.
Hands-On Experience
Through class practica, projects, internships, and field experiences, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies helps you apply what you learn when—and where—
you learn it. IU and the local community offer the following recreational opportunities and living laboratories that will give you firsthand experience:
- Bloomington SportsPlex: This public indoor fitness and sports complex offers a variety of sports programs and fitness activities.
- Monroe County YMCA: This popular facility offers youth, family, and adult sports, as well as aquatics, fitness, and various health and wellness programs for residents in the Bloomington community.
- Division of Recreational Sports: This campus sport and fitness service unit manages on-campus sports facilities in the HPER building and the $22 million Student Recreational Sports Center.
In addition, IU is within an hour’s drive of major amateur and professional sport organizations such as the Indianapolis Colts, Pacers, and Indians.
Sample Internship Locations
- Cummins Engine Employee Recreational Sports
- Indianapolis YMCA
- Resort Sports, Inc.
- Indiana Sports Corporation
- Ball State University Recreational Sports
- U.S. military sites worldwide
Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Recreation
Major in Recreational Sport Management
124 credit hours with a minimum 2.0 GPA required for graduation
Admissions
A student seeking admission to the Recreational Sport Management major within the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies must declare this major while in the University Division. When the student has passed 26 credits and has a cumulative GPA of 2.0, this student will be automatically certified into this School of HPER major program. A student, who is already in an upper division school must visit the School of HPER Records Office in HPER 115 to request to change from the current major to the Recreational Sport Management major program.
Join Our Learning Team
Be a part of the exciting learning and living opportunities available through Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana University.
Contact Us Today
To learn more about the faculty, programs, facilities, and admission and academic requirements for the Tourism Management specialization, contact us today:
Coordinator: Dr. Craig Ross
E-Mail: cross@indiana.edu
Phone: 812-855-4711
Or more information about Recreation Sports please visit the Recreational Sports Management website
