BA Sport Leadership at West Virginia University

Programme overview

Offered either online or in-person, the undergraduate sport leadership degree program prepares students with the leadership knowledge and skills to effectively traverse, integrate, and collaborate across varied sport-related fields using a customizable approach tailored to students’ educational and career needs. Students are provided opportunity to coalesce multiple pathways in the sport sciences in a flexible, customizable, online or in-person format with curricular stranding and programmatic assessment related to leadership theory and research in sport and their application in a varied sport contexts.

Faculty: College of Applied Human Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Career Exploration in Applied Human Sciences, Capstone Experience in AHS, Leadership Theory and Application in Sport, Sport in American Society, Management of Sport Organizations. Programme/major requirements total 45 credit hours.

Career pathways

Offered either online or in-person, the undergraduate sport leadership degree program prepares students with the leadership knowledge and skills to effectively traverse, integrate, and collaborate across varied sport-related fields using a customizable approach tailored to students’ educational and career needs. In addition to the institution’s general education requirements, students will complete courses in career and professional development as well as leadership theory and application in spo

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-level admission/progression (WVU catalogue): All students are directly admitted into the Sport Leadership program who meet the University requirements. Students admitted from other majors within WVU must be in good academic standing (2.0 GPA). Students transferring from another institution must be in good academic standing (2.0 GPA). In-Person Major Code: 5542 Online Major Code: 5545

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 (international undergraduate deadlines are published for all three terms). WVU has rolling admissions and admits students year-round.

First-time freshman application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. Rolling admissions. Apply with the WVU application or the Common Application; the application fee is $20 for West Virginia residents, $65 for out-of-state students and $75 for international students. SAT/ACT scores are optional for an admissions decision, though a few majors and scholarships require them; no essays or recommendations are required.

Transfer application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. The nonrefundable application fee is $65 for domestic and $75 for international students; applicants need at least 24 transferable credit hours and a minimum 2.0 GPA.

International undergraduate applicants apply by June 1 for Fall (all documents by July 1), October 1 for Spring (documents by November 1) and February 15 for Summer (documents by April 1); the nonrefundable application fee is $75.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.wvu.edu/undergraduate/

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