| General Statement
Note: The programs in this department are under revision, and approval
will be sought before the end of the period covered by this Catalog.
The Department of Human Performance and Sport Sciences provides a wide range
of advanced courses and specialized programs for teachers, coaches,
administrators and creative scholars.
The degree offered in this department is a Master of Arts in Education with
concentrations in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Administration.
Admission Requirements
Unconditional admission to the program requires the applicant to have a
bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited four-year college or university,
an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better on a 4.0
scale, and a composite score of at least 870 on the verbal, quantitative,
and subject portions of the Graduate Record Examination or a score of 25 on
the Miller Analogies Test.
Conditional admission may be gained with a lower grade point average, but
the GRE or the MAT score must be correspondingly higher. If the
undergraduate GPA is between 2.25 and 4.9, the GRE score must be 870 or the
MAT score 32. If the GPA is between 2.0 and 2.24, the GRE score must be 1000
or the MAT score 39. Applicants with less than a 2.5 undergraduate GPA must
submit test scores at the time of application; applicants with a GPA of 2.5
or above may submit test scores in the first semester of
attendance, but it is preferable that they submit test scores at the time of
original application. Candidacy cannot be attained until the full
requirements are met.
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Degree
Requirements
1. The M.A. Degree requires a minimum of thirty-three (33) semester hours including eighteen (18) hours of required
HPER courses (15 for the Recreation Administration Option), nine (9) hours of general education courses, and six to nine
hours of electives. Electives are to be selected on the basis of their contributions to the student’s professional preparation.
2. Students who elect to a do a thesis or project, must enroll in HPER 512 or HPER 602 at least one semester prior to
the semester in which they intend to complete work for the degree.
3. Students who choose the non-thesis option must take an additional three (3) hours and pass a comprehensive
examination.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
(Note: At the time of printing, the HPSS curriculum revision is underway. When the revision process is completed, an
addendum will be printed.)
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONCENTRATION
General Education Core - 9 hours
EDCI 526 Philosophy of Education 3 or
EDAD 502 Philosophy & Introduction to School Admin 3
PSY 504 Statistics and Methodology 3 or
EDAD 600 Statistics for Research in Administration
PSY 543 Advanced Educational Psychology 3
Required Courses, HPER - 18 hours
HEA 504 Introduction to Epidemiology 3
HPER 510 Research Seminar 3
HPER 513 Cognitive and Kinetic Appraisal 3
HPER 519 HPER Seminar 3
HPER 521 Current Administrative Problems 3
HPER 523 Leisure in American Society 3
Electives - 6 hours
HEA 501 Methods and Materials in Health 3
HPER 591 Independent Study 3
HPER 511 Methods of Supervision 3
HPER 512 Thesis Writing 4
HPER 525 Administrative Practicum 3
HPER 602 Project Writing 3
Other courses may be selected with the approval of the department graduate advisor.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
RECREATION ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATION
General Education Core - 9 hours
EDCI 526 Philosophy of Education 3 or
EDAD 502 Philosophy & Introduction to Educ. Admin. 3
PSY 504 Statistics and Methodology 3 or
EDAD 600 Statistics for Research in Administration
PSY 543 Educational Psychology 3
Required Courses (17 semester hours) with or without thesis/project
HPER 591 Independent Study 3
HPER 519 HPER Seminar 2
HPER 521 Current Administrative Problems 2
HPER 523 Leisure in American Society 3
HPER 525 Administrative Practicum 4
HPER 510 Research Seminar 3
Thesis/Project (optional) (3 to 4 semester hours)
HPER 512 Thesis or 4
HPER 602 Project 3
Elective courses (9 to 14 semester hours)
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Major:
Health, Physical Education & Recreation