Sport Management (KINESIO-PH, PSN)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology

Core Requirements (9 hours)

• KNHES 6891 Kinesiology Graduate Core Course I (3)
• KNHES 6892 Kinesiology Graduate Core Course II (3)
• KNSISM 6807 Sport Law (3) (If taken as a master's student, an alternative course may be substituted)

Research Core (choose three, minimum 9 hours)

Consult with advisor and committee to select three courses from the list below or other research courses offered at the University

Quantitative

• ESQREM 6641 Introduction to Educational Statistics (4)
• ESQREM 6661 Intro to Educational Measurement (3)
• ESQREM 7627 Sampling Designs and Survey Research Methods (3)
• ESQREM 7631 Applied Evaluation Design (3)
• ESQREM 7635 Advanced Research Methods (3)
• ESQREM 7643 Categorical Data Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 7648 Univariate Experimental Designs (4)
• ESQREM 7651 Regression Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 7661 Instrument Construction (3)
• ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Experimental Designs (4)
• ESQREM 8657 Factor and Cluster Analyses (3)
• ESQREM 8658 Applied Multilevel Data Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 8659 Structural Equation Modeling (3)
• ESQREM 8674 Scaling and Item Response Theory (3)

Qualitative

• ESQUAL 8210 Qualitative Research: The Analysis of Interaction in Educational Settings (3)
• ESQUAL 8211 Analysis of Classroom Discourse (3)
• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Practicum in Methods and Analysis (3)

Single Subject

• ESSPED 8861 Behavioral Research Methods in Applied Settings (3)
• ESSPED 8871 Behaviorism: Schedules and Translational Research (3)
• ESSPED 8874 Behavioral Research in Education (3)
• Sociology 6608 Qualitative Methods in Sociology (3)
• AAE 8860 Research Design (2)
• AAE 8870 Analysis and Interpretation of Data (2)
• AAE 8880 Instrumentation and Procedures for Data Collection (2)
• AAE 8890 Applied Regression Analysis (2)
• AAE 8895 Applied Data Reduction Techniques (2)
• HISTORY 7900 Colloquium in the Philosophy of History, Historiography, & the Historian’s Skills I (3)
• HISTORY 7901 Colloquium in the Philosophy of History, Historiography, & the Historian’s Skills II (3)

Specialization Requirements (27 hours)

Required Courses (15 hours)

• KNSISM 6809 Sport Marketing (3) (If taken as a master’s student, an alternative course may be substituted)
• KNSISM 7906 Understanding Sport Consumers: Theoretical Perspectives (3)
• KNSISM 8951 Theoretical Approaches to Sport Organizations (3)
• KNSISM7897 Colloquium in Sport Management (6) (repeatable)

Supporting Courses (choose four, minimum 12 hours)

• KNSISM 5610 Women's in Sport History (3)
• KNSISM 5611 Premodern Sport (3)
• KNSISM 5614 Sport and Sexuality (3)
• KNSISM 6730 Financing Sport Operations (3)
• KNSISM 6808 Management of Sport Delivery Systems (3)
• KNSISM 6837 Event and Facility Management for Sport Managers (3)
• KNSISM 6842 Business of College Sports (3)
• KNSISM 7711 American Sports History (3)
• KNSISM 7852 Sport Philosophy and Ethics (3)
• KNSISM 7839 Professional Sport from the Civil War to the Present (3)
• KNSISM 7850 Role of Sport in Society (3)
• KNSISM 8193 Advanced Individual Studies: Sport Management (1-12) (repeatable)
• KNSISM 8895 Seminars: Sport Management (3)
• KNSISM 8998 Research: Sport Management (1-4) (repeatable)

Flexibility Requirement (6 hours)

This coursework may be from inside or outside of the program, but should extend the breadth of disciplinary knowledge. Courses are selected in consultation with faculty advisor and committee. Examples of areas of study for Health and Exercise Science include statistics/research, marketing, higher education administration, sociology, history, comparative studies, or women's studies.

Dissertation Requirement (6 hours)

Consult with faculty advisor

• KNSISM 8999 Dissertation/Thesis Research: Sport Management (minimum 6)

Minimum hours post‐MA/MS: 57