Recreation and Sport Management (BA) For Adult Students

Become a leader in recreation and sports management

By earning your DePaul recreation and sports management degree online as an adult working professional, you can advance or start your sports management and recreation career. Our Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Recreation and Sports Management program emphasizes a multidisciplinary understanding of leisure services management and leadership that will prepare you to manage recreation and sports organizations.

As you work toward your degree, you’ll develop your professional portfolio with further study in sports management, fitness, recreation administration and event planning. Courses you’ll take in this online degree program emphasize leadership and talent development, sports psychology, community health, nutrition and motor development.

Sports management and recreation services are some of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world, especially in Chicago—home of the largest municipal parks and recreation organization in the country.

With our online degree program, you’ll take all your courses online, with the exception of a few elective courses that you’ll complete on campus.

Classes

Coursework

Organization/Administration of PE, Sport and Fitness
Event Planning
Creativity and Entrepreneurship
Leisure, Recreation and Health
Personal & Community Health
Psychology of Sport Behavior
Talent Development for Managers
Theory and Techniques of Coaching

Resources

Combined bachelor’s + master’s degree offered

Career Options

Common Career Areas

Sports director
Park supervisor
Corporate sports agency director
Director of recreation
Health and fitness manager
Event manager
Recreation program director
Sports information specialist
Sports marketing director

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