North
Carolina Central University
Department of Physical
Education and Recreation
field shares two basic elements, sports and business administration. Students majoring
in this option will complete 125 credit hours, 41 of which is general education courses
and 84 credit hours of study in the departmental core and co-requisites. The option is an
interdisciplinary degree with coursework from physical education, recreation, and a
minor in business. The training includes study in administration and management,
economics, finance and marketing and an internship.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is a recreational sports
manager?
What type
of jobs can I expect to find if I earn a degree in Recreational Sport Management?
What are
the salary ranges I can expect with a degree in Recreational Sport Management?
Is graduate
school required before you can get a job?
Is there
a national examination or certification required?
Do I need to be licensed?
Is there an internship
or field experience required, and if so, how many hours?
How long will it take
to complete the program?
Is there
any kind of career placement in the Dept. of Physical Education and Recreation?
What types of classes are required?
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What is a recreational
sports manager?
To meet the needs of the recent growth in the sport industries, managers
are in demand.
Careers in sport fitness facilities, professional teams, fitness and
racquet clubs,
college/university intramural and sports clubs, sport information,
public/private sport
clubs, marketing sporting goods are available to those who are interested
in working in
this area. Basically, a recreational sports manager applies business
skills to sport related industries.
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What
type of jobs can I expect to find if I earn a degree in Recreational Sport
Management?
The growth of recreational sport related industries has created a demand
for trained professionals. Career opportunities for entry level positions
exist in literally thousands of profit and non-profit institutions in the
United States and around the world. Recreational sports programs
serve millions of participants of all ages. In some settings, the demand
for qualified recreational sports specialists far exceeds the supply, which
results in great potential for recreational sports career-oriented individuals.
This concentration prepares students for a broad array of opportunities
in recreational sport settings, such as:
- Amateur Athletics with the AAU and state games across the country provide positions involving sport facilities, programming and operations.
- Business/industrial sports provide opportunities for a sport programmer in employee recreational sports. There are over 150,000 job opportunities available in approximately 50,000 corporations and industries which spend more than $3 billion a year on recreation for their employees.
- The collegiate setting in recreational sports offers career opportunities in informal sports, instructional sports, intramural sports, club sports and fitness programming on college and university campuses across the country.
- Commercial sports offers thousands of positions in such settings as theme parks, spas, racquet clubs, and hotels.
- Military recreation supports 250,000 full-time employees with 10,000,000 users at 900 locations within the US and 350 overseas locations. Positions such as sport programmers and sport directors in intramural, extramural, informal and club sports are available on all types of military bases--Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine.
- Municipal parks and recreation departments offer approximately 3,000 positions in sports programming as many of their recreational offerings are sports related.
- Resort/tourism settings provide specialized opportunities in sports to include facility management, programming and operation.
- Voluntary and other not-for-profit agencies-At the 2,200 YMCA's/YWCA's in the U.S. there are approximately 4,000 recreational sport related job opportunities in positions such as sports coordinators and program directors.
What
are the salary ranges I can expect with a degree in Recreational Sport
Management?
Depending on the specific agency of employment, new graduates can earn
an annual salary of approximately $25K (entry level) in most municipal
and not-for-profit locals. Private agencies (for profit agencies)
typically offer higher entry level salaries, $30K+.
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Is
graduate school required before you can get a job?
The majority of jobs in recreational sports management do not
require graduate studies.
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Is
there a national examination or certification required?
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Do I need to be licensed?
Most sport management jobs do not require special licensure.
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Is there
an internship or field experience required, and if so, how many hours?
Yes! The internship (a practical work experience) at an approved site
with an expert
supervisor, is the culmination of study. Students learn to perform
various managerial
tasks and administrative skills as well as make valuable contacts for
future employment. All internship sites are selected by both the student
and their advisor so as to provide the student with an experience that
reflects their professional ambition. Internships last 400 hours
(ten 40 hour weeks).
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How long will
it take to complete the program?
The Recreational Sport Management degree requires 125 credit hours,
at 15-16 credits per semester students can complete the course work within
four years.
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Is
there any kind of career placement in the Dept. of Physical Education and
Recreation?
Faculty of the department are committed to working one on one with
students in their junior and senior years to help them identify and contact
potential employers. North Carolina Central Univeristy also has a career
placement and counseling service available at no cost to students.
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What types of classes are
required?
All NCCU students are required to take the following 41 credit hours
of CFAS courses:
| CFAS 1110 | English Composition I |
| CFAS 1120 | English Composition II |
| CFAS 1130 | Elements of Speech |
| CFAS 11X0* | Foreign Language I |
| CFAS 11X1* | Foreign Language II |
| CFAS 1220 | A Science Odyssey |
| CFAS 1230 | Proficiency in Math |
| CFAS 1310 | Society, Behavior, and Spacial Organization |
| CFAS 1320 | World Societies |
| CFAS 1410 | Arts & Humanities I |
| CFAS 1420 | Arts & Humanities II |
| CFAS 1521 | Dimensions of Learning |
| CFAS 1531 | Health |
| CFAS 1541 | Wellness |
Student must take a total of 6 cr hrs of a foreign language from the following choices:
CFAS 1140/41 Elementary French I & II
CFAS 1150/51 Elementary Spanish I & II
CFAS 1160/61 Elementary German I & II
CFAS 1170/71 Elementary Japanese I & II
All Recreation Majors must take the Recreation Core Curriculum - Total 45 credit hoursRecreation Core Curriculum - Total 45 credit hours
| PEDU 1100 | Elementary Swimming |
| RECR 1000 | Introduction to Recreation |
| RECR 2120 | Recreation Leadership |
| RECR 3100 | Organization and Administration
of Recreational Sports |
| RECR 3250 | Non-Clinical Application of
Therapeutic Recreation |
| RECR 3245 | Practicum in Recreation and Leisure Service Organizations |
| PEDU 3500 | Emergency Care & Safety Techniques |
| PEDU 3640 | Administration and Management of
Aquatic Programs & Facilities |
| RECR 4100 | Supervision and Management of
Recreation and Leisure Service Organizations |
| RECR 4150 | Recreation and Leisure
Services Programming |
| RECR 4270 | Advanced Concepts in Recreation
and Leisure Studies |
| RECR 4600 | Organization and Administration
Recreation and Leisure Service Organizations |
| RECR 4610 | Finance in Recreation
and Leisure Service Organizations |
| RECR 4630 | Internship in Recreation and Leisure Service Organizations |
| RECR 4900 | Computer Application in
Recreation and Physical Education |
Recreational Sports Management Concentration Courses - 18 Credit Hours
| RECR 3900 | Mgt of Exercise, Sport, & Rec Facilities |
| PEDU 4030 | Psycho-Sociological Aspects of Sport, Play, and Leisure |
| PEDU 4050 | Fitness Management |
| PEDU 4410 | Evaluation and Measurement |
| Six Credit Hours of Approved Electives |
Recreational Sport Managment complete a Business Minor - 21 Total Hours
| * | Required Elective |
| * | Required Elective |
| ECON 2200 | Principles of Macro economics |
| ECON 2300 | Principles of Micro economics |
| ACCT 2400 | Principles of Accounting I |
| MKT 3210 | Principles of Marketing |
| BEDU 3400 | Business Communications |
Students must choose TWO courses from the following:
ACCT 2500 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr hrs
ACCT 3100 Legal Environment of Business I 3 cr hrs
CIS 1100 Fundamental Concepts of Computer Applications 3 cr hrs
DSC 2010 Elementary Statistics 3 cr hrs
FIN 3200 Principles of Finance 3 cr hrs
MGT 3000 Organization and Management 3 cr hrs