Master of Science
Sport Coaching Education

Admission Requirements

You must first make application for admission to Graduate Studies and be accepted by Graduate Studies before enrolling for any courses in these programs. Basic admission requirements include:

-------A bachelor's or master's degree
-------GPA of 2.75 or higher on the last 60 hours of course work
-------Acceptable GRE score or TOEFL minimum score of 550 (Internationals).
-------Three (3) letters of recommendation
-------Official transcripts from all institutions of higher learning attended
-------Current resume

Master of Science Sport Coaching Education Online Program and Traditional Program Course requirements are the same and are as follows (36 hours minimum):

HPR 604: Advanced Motor Development
HPR 605: Policy and Governance
HPR 609: Sport Psychology
HPR 670: Organizational Leadership in Sport Administration
HPR 672: Advanced Development of Strength and Conditioning Programs
HPR 675: Skills, Techniques, and Strategies for Coaching
HPR 677: Legal Aspects of Sport
HPR 679: Care and Treatment of Athletic Injuries
HPR 682: Applied Research Methods and Statistics
HPR 684: Sport Skill Analysis
HRP 696: Practicum/Internship

Course Descriptions

HPR 604: Advanced Motor Development (3 hrs.)
Study of the motor aspects of the human growth and development process. The course is intended to provide a background on physical and cognitive development's impact on motor performance across the lifespan. Implications for working with people of different ages in physical education, sport, and other movement settings will be addressed throughout the course.

HPR 605: Policy and Governance (3 hrs.)
Designed as an in depth study of major sport governing agencies. The course will focus on organizational goals, functions, structure, membership, policy formation, and administrative implementatiaon. The course will cover national and international amateur and professional agencies pertaining to the students' interests and careers.

HPR 609 Sport Psychology (3 hrs.)
Designed to acquaint the student with the concepts concerning the role of sport psychology in athletics and physical education. Emphasis will be placed on identification and appropriate application of psychological techniques to achieving optimal performance.

HPR 670 Organizational Leadership in Sport Administration (3hrs.)
Provides concise information and insight into the principles of management as they apply to sport organizations (amateur and professional) and to sport-related businesses of all types. Organizational Leadership in Sport Administration is the education of the process, art, science, and issues in the management of sport. Emphasis will be placed on the organizational planning, implementation, the organization, leadership, and control aspects of sport administration.

HPR 672 Advanced Strength and Conditioning (3hrs.)
Provides the sport practitioner with a solid knowledge of the appropriate physiological systems and their responses to training and conditioning for each individual sport. Application of pre-player measurement, development, and application of specific training and conditioning principles for each individual athlete and/or sport in order to eliminate incorrect or contradindicative training will be highlighted. Students will complete the course with the ability to develop and implement exercise prescriptions specific to each sport. Integration of the effects of proper, safe, and legal nutritional and chemical ergogenic aids as they relate to training and conditioning will also be incorporated into the course.

HPR 675 Advanced Sport Coaching Methodology (3hrs.)
Designed to assist the prospective coach with gaining competence in applying competitive tactics and strategies appropriate to the sport environment. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing effective scouting procedures, conducting efficient practice sessions, utilizing game management strategies, and skill analysis.

HPR 677 Legal Aspects of Sport (3 hrs.)
Concerns legal concepts and ethical issues impacting sport management and coaching policy formation and practice.

HPR 679 Care and Treatment of Athletic Injuries (3 hrs.)
Designed to provide a foundation for the prevention, recognition, assessment, management, disposition, and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries and illnesses as it integrates basic medical concepts with relevant scientific information. The text used in this course speaks to students in coaching, exercise science, recreation, and teacher education for learning what to do as the first on-site respondent to a sports-related injury. Guidelines are provided to help identify common conditions initially cared-for-on-site, and when to know to refer an individual to advanced care.

HPR 682 Applied Research Methods and Statistics (3 hrs.)
Designed to develop correct application of research methods and statistical process decision making relative to continuous improvement in coaching and sport management.

HPR 684 Sport Skill Analysis (3 hrs.)
Provides the mechanical concepts underlying sport techniques and examines models for qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movements. It includes use of current video and computer technology to apply a variety of qualitative models to selected sport skills.

HPR 696 Internship/Practicum (6 hrs.)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Designed to provide master's level students opportunities for practical application of relevant theories in professional field settings.

Gives the student the opportunity to apply their learned academic principles of sport coaching to the day-to-day realities of jobs in the sport industry. Practicum/Internship allows students to earn academic credit toward their degree while they explore career job interest areas. It also provides the student the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job training and knowledge; work directly with sport management professionals and being to develop a networking relationship with those in the field; and answer that all important job question, "What experience do you have in the field?"

The number of credit hours is based upon 50 hours of actual quality work experience per one academic credit earned. The student must arrange and obtain approval for the practicum prior to the semester of work experience and register for appropriate number of credit hours.

Six hours are required. Hours may be taken 3 hrs. per semester for two semesters or 6 hrs. in one semester.

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