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Oct 08, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Leisure and Sport Management, B.S.
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Department of Health and Human Performance
615-904-8478
Rudy Dunlap, program coordinator
Rudy.Dunlap@mtsu.edu
The major in Leisure and Sport Management (LSM) requires 64 hours and provides knowledge, skills, and experiences for students interested in preparing for positions in the leisure and sport management professions. The major requires a general core accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Recreation, Parks, Tourism, and Related Professions. Specializations in LSM include sport management, outdoor recreation, and recreation administration. A minor or advised electives of approximately 15 credit hours may also be chosen.
Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program
High achieving students majoring in Leisure and Sport Management who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Management may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM pathway, students may submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirement |
64 hours |
| Electives |
15 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
Major Requirements (64 hours)
- LSTS 3010 - Introduction to Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies 3 credit hours
- LSTS 3380 - Disabilities and Diversity in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 3530 - Program and Facility Planning in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies 3 credit hours
- LSTS 3560 - Field Studies in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4540 - Finance and Administration of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4660 - Research and Evaluation of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4890 - Senior Seminar in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
- MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
- EXL 4000 - Experiential Learning Seminar 1 credit hour
LSM Upper-Division Electives (15 hours)
Minor/Advised Electives (15 hours)
Curriculum: Leisure and Sport Management
Freshman
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Information Literacy 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Junior
- LSTS 3560 - Field Studies in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 3380 - Disabilities and Diversity in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4540 - Finance and Administration of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4660 - Research and Evaluation of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSTS 4890 - Senior Seminar in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
- LSM UD electives 9 credit hours
- LSM advisor-approved elective 3 credit hours
- MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
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