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 Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies (PHS) to take PHS 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 PHS 188/188.L AND PHS 274 OR PHS 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.

The PHS Department requires a 2.5 GPA in the PHS Core and major requirements for graduation in all majors.

Program Requirements – PHS Core:
PHS 102 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)
PHS 184 Motor Skill Learning and Performance (3)
PHS 184.L Motor Skill Learning and Performance Lab (1)
PHS 202 Knowledge Development in Health and Physical Culture (3)
PHS 276 The Meaning of Leisure (3) MP IIC, H, or
PHS 274 Critical Perspectives on the Body (3)
PHS 188 + PHS 188.L Exercise and Health + Lab (3, 1) (MP II C) or
PHS 242 Personal Health (3) (MPF II C) or
PHS 245 Personal Health and Pedagogy for Early Childhood Teachers (3)
PHS 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)
PHS 244 Functional Anatomy (4)
PHS 274 Critical Perspectives on the Body (3)
PHS 276 The Meaning of Leisure (3) (MPF IIC, H)
PHS 375 Psychological Perspective on Sport & Exercise (3)
PHS 378 Sport & Social Status (3)
PHS 381 Biodynamics of Human Performance (4)
PHS 473 Children and Youth in Sport (3)

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