Recreation and Sport Management, B.S.

Mission Statement

Coastal Carolina University’s recreation and sport management faculty is composed of teachers/mentors who have a wide variety of professional and practical experiences in the discipline and profession. The program prepares knowledgeable and effective entry-level professionals in the recreation or sport industries through a variety of modalities including learning theoretical foundations in the classroom, community-based experiential learning, applied and collaborative research, and a capstone internship. The active learning approach employed by the program prepares critically-thinking graduates who positively impact their community through the delivery of high-quality recreation and sport services. Students and faculty work collaboratively to acquire the essential knowledge, skills, abilities and disposition to plan, promote, implement, and evaluate contemporary recreation and sport programs or events that serve society and enhance quality of life.

Student Learning Outcomes

Based upon the foundation of a liberal arts education and the completion of the RSM program students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to adapt industry-specific skills to ever-changing recreation and sport contexts.
2. Apply critical thinking and problem solving to the field of recreation and sport management.
3. Conduct themselves in an ethical manner congruent with the diverse culture in which recreation and sport organizations operate.
4. Apply sport and recreation management theories to pragmatic decision making.
5. Effectively communicate across organizational and interpersonal channels.
6. Be an impactful leader within organizations and the recreation and sport field.
7. Achieve organizational goals through collaboration and group interaction.
8. Demonstrate an overall comprehension of the historical and conceptual aspects of recreation and sport.

Policies and Requirements

Students must earn a grade of ‘C’ or better in each course used to satisfy a) RSM major requirements, and b) RSM foundation requirements. A grade of ‘C’ or better is also required in ENGL 101.

All recreation and sport management students are required to complete a capstone 12-week, 480-hour internship at an approved and supervised site. Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of the student learning outcomes during this experience. End-of-program oral and written exit exams are required of all students to be admitted to the internship. The purpose of the exit exam is to determine how well the student has mastered program content within the student learning outcomes. All recreation and sport management students are required to be admitted to the internship.

Admission requirements to the internship:

1. Demonstration of acceptable professional dispositions;
2. Passing score (70 percent or better) on end-of-program exit exam;
3. Successful completion of oral exit interview;
4. ‘C’ or better in all RSM major requirements;
5. ‘C’ or better on all RSM foundation requirements;
6. Successful completion of all undergraduate required coursework.

Degree Requirements (120 Credits)

Total Credits Required: 120 Credits

Course credit hours only count once toward the total university graduation credit hour requirements. Click on Credit Sharing  for more information.