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(Motorsports
track available)
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Sport Management (graduate)
CONCENTRATION
OVERVIEW
The Sport Management Concentration prepares students to assume leadership
roles in planning, organizing, and administering consumer-driven and
constituent-based initiatives in the sport industry. Such initiatives may
include athletic administration at the collegiate and professional levels,
motorsports operations (see courses below), facility operations, sport marketing, sport
communications and media relations, sport club management, and sporting
goods manufacturing and sales. The Sport Management Concentration has a thesis/non-thesis option and may be
completed with 36 credit hours. Students who choose the non-thesis
option are required to complete written and oral internship assignments as
fulfillment of the
culminating experience.
Core
Requirements
(9 hours)
SALM 5230
Legal Issues in Physical Education and Sport (3 hrs)
PEXS 5430
Administration of Physical Education and Athletics (3 hrs)
PEXS 5670 Research
Design and Analysis (3 hrs)
Concentration
Requirements (21 hours)
SALM 5200
Issues Sport Management
(3 hrs)
SALM 5215
Sport in Society (3 hrs)
SALM 5232
Sport Communication and Media Relations (3 hrs)
SALM 5245
The Financing of Sport (3
hrs)
SALM 5243
Sport Marketing (3 hrs)
SALM 5250
Internship in Sport Management
(6 hrs)
Concentration
Electives (6 hours)
SALM 5107
Alpine Tower Leadership
(3 hrs)
SALM 5225
Planning and Operating
Facilities (3 hrs)
SALM 5235
Sport Psychology (3 hrs)
SALM 5240
Risk Management and
Assessment in Sports (3 hrs)
PEXS 5655
Sports Nutrition and
Ergogenic Aids (3 hrs)
PEXS 5656
Sports Conditioning and
Training (3 hrs)
PEXS 5960
Thesis (3 hrs)
ACCT 5000
Essentials of Accounting (3
hrs)
FINC 5000 Essentials of Finance (3 hrs)
Motorsport Operations Courses (12 hours - Please read below.)
SALM
5231
Motorsport Operations
(3 hrs)
SALM 5233
Public Relations and Mass Media in
Motorsport (3 hrs)
SALM 5244
Applied
Motorsport Marketing
(3 hrs)
SALM
5246
Financial Management and Sponsorship in
Motorsport
(3 hrs)
MOTORSPORTS
OPERATIONS: ETSU – Bristol Motor Speedway Partnership
Graduate Track in Motorsport Operations, Sport Management Concentration
The Department of Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Sciences at East Tennessee State University, in partnership with Bristol Motor Speedway, has designed a 'graduate track' within the Sport Management concentration to prepare students to enter the field of Motorsports. Four new motorsport-specific graduate courses are offered: 1) Motorsport Operations, 2) Applied Motorsport Marketing, 3) Public Relations and Mass Media in Motorsport, and 4) Financial Management and Sponsorship in Motorsport. Also, guest speakers are invited from Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway, and field experience options exist at BMS and other motorsport locations. This creates a unique graduate program that may be the only one of its kind in the United States!
MOTORSPORT OPERATIONS TRACK
INFORMATION
For more
information please contact the
Motorsport Operations
Track
Coordinator:
Dr. Kevin L. Burke
Department of Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Sciences
Box 70654
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN, 37614-1701
Voice: (423) 439-4362
Fax: (423) 439-5383
E-mail:
burkek@etsu.edu
ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS
Regular
Admission:
The following are
required for admission in the Sport Management
Concentration:
·
Undergraduate degree in physical education, exercise science, sport
mgmt. or closely related field.
·
GRE scores
·
2.7 cumulative undergraduate grade point average on a 4.0 scale
·
Three letters of recommendation
·
Resume and contact information for at least three academic
references
·
Essay explaining goals and reasons for desiring to study with the
Department of KLSS and ETSU
Conditional
Admission:
Students who are
unable to meet “regular" admission requirements, may be considered for
"conditional" admission.
PROGRAM
INFORMATION
For more
information please contact the Sport Management Concentration Program
Coordinator:
Dr. Linda Keeler
Department of Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Sciences
Box 70654
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN, 37614-1701
Voice: (423) 439-4382
Fax: (423) 439-5383
E-mail:
keeler@etsu.edu
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Various forms of
financial assistance are available through the Office of Financial Aid.
More information may be found at http://www.etsu.edu/finaid/default.asp.
In addition, Graduate Assistantships and Tuition Scholarships are
available in the Department of Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Sciences (KLSS) which includes teaching in the
Active
Lifestyles and Wellness Program
or “Fit Kids” program,
research assistants with KLSS Faculty, and various other duties. Other
opportunities may be available in campus recreation, intercollegiate
athletics, student activities, and other campus areas. Application
materials for Graduate Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship positions may
be obtained from the Program Coordinator.
DEPARTMENTAL
WEBSITE
For more
information about the Department of Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport
Sciences, please visit our website at
http://www.etsu.edu/coe/pexs/default.asp.
The Sport Management curriculum blends classroom learning with hands-on internship experience.
Several ETSU interns work with the nearby Bristol Motor Speedway, one of the largest and most popular tracks on the NASCAR circuit.
Important Documents:
KLSS Graduate Student Handbook
Thesis/Internship/Capstone Project Committee Membership Report