MS Recreation and Sport Management at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

The MS in Recreation and Sport Management offers a Sport Management concentration preparing students for careers in marketing, sales, ticketing, personnel, media, compliance, event operations and facility services with professional, collegiate, community and youth sport organizations. Thesis and coursework-only options are available.

Faculty: College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences | Duration: 36 graduate credit hours | Intake: Priority for applications completed by February 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

Required courses (12 hours): Research Methods, Human Resource Management in Sport Organizations, Organizational Behavior in Sport Contexts and Ethics in Sport Management; 12 hours of electives such as Financial Aspects of Sport, Legal Aspects of Sport, Sport Marketing, Event Management; then a 6-hour thesis or additional electives.

Career pathways

Marketing, sales, ticketing, personnel management, media, communications, compliance, equipment, event operations and facility services in sport and recreation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum GPA of 3.00 overall or in the senior year from a regionally accredited institution. Admission to the Graduate School first, then the programme. Online application with department application form, transcripts, three rating forms and a resume; GRE is optional. Priority for applications completed by February 1.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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