Total hours: 36
The online master’s in sport and recreation management (MSOM) is a cooperative program between Chadron State (CSC), Peru State (PSC), and Wayne State College (WSC) in Nebraska. This means you can take the core courses of the program through any of these three institutions, then take classes for the sport and recreation focus area through Wayne State.
MSOM core courses: 18 hours
PED 622 Statistical Applications and Data Analysis
One of the following courses:
- CNA 665 Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3)
- EDU 603 Introduction to Educational Research and Design (3)
- PED 650 Research Design (3)
One course from each of the following four areas (12 hours):
Leadership
- BUS 627 Ethics in Leadership (3)
- BUS 665 Leadership Seminar (3)
- CNA 661 Case Studies in Organizational Leadership (3)
Note: If a student would like to emphasize leadership in their program of study they may, with special permission from their advisor, take two leadership courses from the above area as part of their 12 hours.
Communication
- BUS 620 Managerial Communication (3)
- CNA 675 Legal Topics in Media and Communications (3)
Organizational behavior
- BUS 690 Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
- CNA 648 Advanced Organizational Communication (3)
Conflict management and organizational psychology
- BUS 628 Dispute Resolution Management (3)
- CNA 617 Topics in Argumentation and Persuasion (3)
- PSY 535 Industrial Organizational Psychology (3)
Sport and recreation management focus area: 12 hours
PED 694 FOcus Area Exit Bench mark (final semester before graduation) (0)
One course from the following:
- PED 631 Seminar in Sport Management (3)
- PED 653 Program Management and Transition of Sport (3)
- PED 664 Sport Event and Facility Management (3)
Three courses from the following (unduplicated from above):
- PED 605 Economy of Sport (3)
- PED 610 Legal Aspects of Sport (3)
- PED 612 Advanced Sport Marketing and Promotion (3)
- PED 631 Seminar in Sport Management (3)
- PED 653 Program Management and Transition of Sport (3)
- PED 664 Sport Event and Facility Management (3)
- PED 671 Recent Literature and Research in Education and HHPS (3)
- PED 685 Social Issues in Sport (3)
Thesis, scholarly project, or internship: 6 hours
The focus of this part of the program will be to emphasize knowledge integration and application of learned principles.
Course descriptions are available in the WSC General and Graduate Catalog.