Master of Science in Pedagogy and Administration

Program Overview

The Master's degree program in Pedagogy and Administration is designed to provide knowledge related to effective instructional and/or administrative practice in professional and other situational contexts. The program is designed as either a terminal degree or a foundation for Ph.D. study. For a printable version of this page - click here.

Available options within this program include:

Physical Education Teacher Education
Recreation and Sports Management
Athletic Training Education Administration
Physical Education History and Philosophy

Recreation and Sport Management Option

The Recreation and Sport Management option is offered as a thesis-based program designed to prepare the M.S. student for:

a managerial-level position in a recreation, sports, or leisure-services organization
a research-related position in a recreation, sports, or leisure-services organization
continued study at the Ph.D. level in a recreation/leisure-studies or sports-management program

Required Courses:

HK 524: Managing Health, Fitness, and Sports Organizations (3 credit hours)
Research methods course (3 credit hours)
Graduate statistics course (3 credit hours)
Marketing course (3 credit hours)
Legal issues course (3 credit hours)
Advisor-approved electives (9 credit hours)
Master's thesis (6 credit hours)

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Bill Harper (research interests -- philosophy and history of sport, play, and leisure; the relationship between technology and leisure)
Dr. David Klenosky (research interests -- decision making behavior in leisure, sport, and tourism settings; recreation and sports management)
Dr. Tom Templin (research interests -- physical education pedagogy; socialization of teachers across the lifespan)

Program of Study Guidelines (updated: November 11, 2008)

Required courses (for a total of 15 credits):

HK 524 Managing Health, Fitness, and Sports Organizations (3 credits)

One of the following "research methods" courses:

HK 610 Research Methods in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (3 credits)
EDPS 533 Introduction to Educational Research I: Methodology (3 credits)

One of the following "marketing" courses:

HK 525 Marketing and Promotion in Health, Fitness, and Sports Organizations (3 credits)
HTM 531 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing II (3 credits)
HTM 631 Strategic Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism (3 credits)

One of the following "legal issues" courses:

MGMT 455 Legal Background of Business I (3 credits)
EDFA 621 Legal Issues in Higher Education (3 credits)

One of the following "statistics" courses:

STAT 501 Experimental Statistics I (3 credits)
STAT 502 Experimental Statistics II (3 credits)

Approved elective courses (others must be advisor approved; totaling at least 9 credits):

HK 376 History of Sport (3 credits)
HK 472 Sport and Exercise Psychology (3 credits)
HK 476 Olympic Games Ancient and Modern (3 credits)
HK 574 Advanced Sport and Exercise Psychology (3 credits)
HK 580 Philosophy of Sport and the Body (3 credits)
HK 590 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure (i.e., RECR 100 as an HK 590) (3 credits)
HK 590 Special Topics (Independent Study, Internship Experiences, etc.) (3 credits)
HK 611 Data Analysis in HK (3 credits)
AGEC 650 Econometrics I (3 credits)
ECON 511 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 credits)
ECON 512 Intermediate Macroeconomics II (3 credits)
MGMT 630 Business Law (Legal and Social Foundations of Management I) (2 credits)
COM 352 Mass Communication Law (3 credits)
COM 491R Integrated Marketing Communication (3 credits)
CSR 404 Strategic Issues Sales & Retail Mgmt (3 credits)
CSR 415 Sales Force Management (3 credits)
CSR 417 Relationship Selling (3 credits)
CSR 631 Consumer Behavior Theory (3 credits)
IDIS 371 Athletes and Professional Sports (3 credits)
MGMT 514 Microeconomics (3 credits)
MGMT 515 Macroeconomics (3 credits)
OBHR 633 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
HTM 441 Financial Management for the Hospitality Industry (3 credits)
HTM 531 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing II (3 credits)
HTM 571 Economic Impacts of Tourism (3 credits)
HTM 631 Strategic Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism (3 credits)
HTM 642 Advanced Personnel Systems in Hospitality and Tourism (3 credits)
SOC 583 Application of Social Research Methods (Survey Research) (3 credits)
SPV 577 Organizational Administration Training and Development (3 credits)
STAT 512 Applied Regression Analysis (3 credits)
STAT 524 Applied Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)