Sports Coaching & Recreation

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World (4-6)
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Major Requirements (36-49 Hours)

Major Core (36)

• KNPE 2201 Concepts of Fitness and Wellness (3)
• KNPE 2262 Coaching the Young Athlete (3)
• KNPE 2307 Adventure Based Learning (3)
• KNPE 2542 Lifespan Motor Development (3)
• KNPE 2601 Teaching Physical Education, Leisure and Exercise (3)
• KNPE 5521 Skill Analysis (3)
• KNPE 5544 Introduction to Adapted Physical Activity (3)
• KNPE 5643 Coaching Effectiveness (3)
• KNPE 5655 Perspectives on Coaching (3)
• KNPE 5795 Sociocultural Issues in Sport, Recreation and Physical Education (3)
• KNPE 4191 Sports Coaching and Recreation Internship (3+3)

Complete One: Option A, Option, B, or Option C

Option A (Choose 3 Courses)

• KNPE 2301 Teaching Invasion Games (3)
• KNPE 3305 Court Sports (3)
• KNPE 3302 Teaching Racquet Sports (3)
• KNPE 5657 Sport and Disability (3)
• KNHES 2995 Food is Function, Movement is Medicine (can overlap with GE Theme: Health and Wellbeing) (4)
• SOCWORK 2110 Sport and Positive Youth Development (3)
• KNSISM 4245 Leadership & Programming in Sports Industry (3)
• KNSISM 4509 Sport Marketing and Promotion (3)
• KNSISM 4607 Legal Aspects of Sports (3)
• HDFS 2400 Life Span Human Development (3)
• COMLDR 5350 Youth Organizations and Program Management (4)
• PSYCH 2420 Psychology Applied to Sport (3)
• PSYCH 3551 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
• PHYSICS 1110 The Physics of Sport (3)
• SOCIOL 4655 Sociology of Sport (3)

Option B (Declare and Complete Youth Development Minor with Academic Advisor) Work with academic advisor on course overlap rules

Option C (AA Degree in any of the following related fields)

• Exercise Science
• Athletic Performance
• Physical Education
• Coaching
• Recreation & Leisure Studies
• Sport Management
• Wellness & Health Promotion

Total Hours: 69-89

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 31-51

Minimum of 120 Hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.