This program may be completed with or without thesis. Students choosing the non-thesis option are required to conduct a special project/internship.
Faculty Advisors: J. Bruening, J. Morrone, W. Servedio, J. Shivers, A.Yiannakis
- Minimum number of required semester hours
= 33 credits
- Without thesis: 27 credits of course work and 6 credits for internship; comprehensive examination
- With thesis: 24 credits of course work, 9 credits for thesis and a thesis defense
1. Research and Statistics (6-9 hrs)
- EKIN 301 Theory and Methods of Research
- EPSY 309 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research I
- EPSY 313 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research II (for thesis or Ph.D. aspirants only)
2. Major (15 credits)
- EKIN 304 Philosophy of Recreation
- EKIN 306 Leisure: A Psychosocial Perspective
- EKIN 308 (required of students specializing in sport management)
- EKIN 310 Recreational Services for the Aging
- EKIN 312 Sport Marketing
- EKIN 315 Sport Industry Analysis
- EKIN 377 Legal Aspects of Sport
- EKIN 381 Sport Sociology
- EKIN 382 Sport Psychology
- EKIN 384 Facilities Management
- EKIN 384 Sport Tourism
3. Internship (EKIN 390 (6 credits).
To be taken after the satisfactory completion of all course work
4. Cognate Area (6 credits)
Two courses to be taken from outside the Dept. of Kinesiology. Discuss with Major Advisor.
- NOTE: Selected courses at the master’s level may be taken and applied toward the Ph.D. degree. Discuss with Major Advisor.
Faculty Advisors: J. Bruening, J. Morrone, W. Servedio, J. Shivers, A.Yiannakis
- Minimum number of required semester hours
= 50 credits (42 credits for course work and 8 for Lab Practicum)
1. Research and Statistics (9 credits beyond the master’s degree)
FROM:
- EPSY 313 Quantitative Methods in Research II
- EPSY 346 Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research
- EPSY 441 Methods and Techniques of Educational Research
- SOC 321 Social research I
- SOC 322 Social Research II
- SOC 324 Qualitative Methodology
- PSYC 342 Experimental Social Psychology
- PSYC 348 Field Research Methods
- ANT 321 Ethnographic Methods I
- ANT 322 Ethnographic Methods II
- ANT 375 Ethnographic Methods Laboratory
- EDCI 365 Qualitative Methods of Educational Research
- EDCI 436 Educational Ethnography
- EDCI 437 Advanced Methods of Qualitative Research
2. Major (18 credits)
FROM:
- EKIN 300 Independent Study
- EKIN 309 Therapeutic Recreational Service
- EKIN 385 Sport Subcultures
- EKIN 387 Sport and Socialization
- EKIN 390 Practicum
- EKIN 395 International Tourism (change to 400 number)
- EKIN 4XX Organizational Theory in Sport
- EKIN 4XY Organizational Behavior in Sport
- EKIN 401 Leisure Theory Analysis
- EKIN 4YY Seminar in Sport Sociology
- EKIN 416 Advanced Sport Sociology
- EKIN 4YZ Research in Sport Management
- EKIN 460 Practicum
NOTE:
Ph.D. students who have deficiencies or are so advised by their major advisor may sign up for selected master’s level courses
3. Lab Research (8 credits)
- Students sign up for 1 credit of lab research each semester
4. Cognate Area(s) (15 credits)
(Courses to be taken from outside the Dept. of Kinesiology)
Courses may be taken, with the consent of the major advisor and the student’s advisory committee from management, marketing, sociology, psychology, anthropology, educational leadership, information management and finance, among others.