Bachelor of Science in Education

Sport Studies

Description of theProgram

The Sport Studies major leads to a Bachelor of Science in Health and Sport Studies Degree. This major program allows students who have a keen interest in sport to study it from a cross-disciplinary perspective which includes psychological, sociological and historical orientations to analysis. Through coursework in the major, students are asked to think, both in critical and self-reflexive ways, about how and why the “what is” came to be with regard to sport and leisure practices.

Foundationally anchored in the knowledges of the arts and sciences, the Sport Studies program serves as a springboard for the pursuit of advanced degrees both within and outside of Sport Studies. Students who have completed the baccalaureate in this program have entered graduate programs in Sport Management/Marketing, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Sport Psychology, and Law.

Admission Requirements for the Sports Studies Major:

Beginning in Fall, 2004 students must enroll in the Department of Kinesiology and Health (KNH) to take KNH courses as pre-majors. Students are eligible to apply to become a major after fulfilling the following requirements.
a. Enroll as a Sport Studies pre-major
b. Complete 24 credit hours
c. Complete 12 credit hours in the Miami Plan
d. Complete KNH 188/188.L AND KNH 274 OR KNH 276 AND PSY 111 OR SOC 151 OR AMS 101
e. Complete the critical thinking essay administered by the Sport Studies program faculty
f. Achieve a 2.5 GPA in the courses listed in c and d.

There is a target enrollment for each major so GPA and required essay will be used to determine admittance into the sport studies major if there are more applicants than there are positions available. Admission to the major will be determined each spring. Students will be notified of their admission into the major by May 20th. Students must indicate acceptance by June 20th.

Program Requirements – KNH Core:
KNH 102 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)
KNH 184 Motor Skill Learning and Performance (3)
KNH 184.L Motor Skill Learning and Performance Lab (1)
KNH 202 Knowledge Development in Health and Physical Culture (3)
KNH 276 The Meaning of Leisure (3) MP IIC, H, or
KNH 274 Critical Perspectives on the Body (3)
KNH 188 + KNH 188.L Exercise and Health + Lab (3, 1) (MP II C) or
KNH 242 Personal Health (3) (MPF II C) or
KNH 245 Personal Health and Pedagogy for Early Childhood Teachers (3)
KNH 402 Critical Reflection on Practices in Health & Physical Culture (3) capstone course MPC

Sport Studies Major Courses (39-42 credits):
ZOO161 Principles of Human Physiology (4) (MPF IVA)
KNH 244 Functional Anatomy (4)
KNH 274 Critical Perspectives on the Body (3)
KNH 276 The Meaning of Leisure (3) (MPF IIC, H)
KNH 375 Psychological Perspective on Sport & Exercise (3)
KNH 378 Sport & Social Status (3)
KNH 381 Biodynamics of Human Performance (4)
KNH 473 Children and Youth in Sport (3)

Choose FOUR (4) of the following::
KNH 292 Dance, Culture, and Contexts (3)
KNH 279 African Americans in Sport (MPF IIC)(3)
KNH 453 Seminar; Sport Studies (3)
KNH 471 Sport, Leisure and Aging (4)
KNH 472 Sport in Schools and Colleges (4)
KNH 474 Sport and Modernization (4)
KNH 475 Women, Gender Relations, and Sport (3)