Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sport Management Major, BS in Recreation and Sport Management


The Sport Management major prepares students interested in working in the sport industry. The program combines the sport management curriculum with a minor in business administration. The program concludes with a semester-long internship experience.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later. uTrack does not apply to transfer students who entered prior to Fall 2015.

Major Requirements and Rules

Advising Transition

Academic advising for freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students in the Sport Management major occurs in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) Office of Advising and Student Services (BEC 332). If you have not been advised by anyone in CEHHS Advising before, please visit their website for more information about scheduling an appointment with their office. The KRSS Advising Staff is not able to review a student’s academic history if they are not currently a Sport Management major.

A student will transition from CEHHS Advising to KRSS Department Advising after he/she completes the following:

At the end of each semester, staff of the CEHHS Office of Advising and Student Services will compile a list of students ready to change to departmental advising. Students will be emailed an advising transition letter with the name and contact information of their new department advisor. Students will then be responsible for scheduling a meeting with their new advisor to complete this transition. Scheduling with KRSS Advisors should be done via email by contacting your new advisor directly.

Minimum Grades and Required GPA for Continuation in the Major

Any Recreation and Sport Management course taken must be passed with a minimum grade of C. A 2.5 GPA is required to register for RSM 290 , RSM 390 , and RSM 490  and to graduate.

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences Honors Program

Recreation and Sport Management majors  have the opportunity to participate in the college’s honors program. For eligibility and requirements, see College of Education, Health and Human Sciences Honors program.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Sport Management – Sport Management Major


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1Cultures and Civilizations Elective  * 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118  3  
1Social Sciences Elective * 3  
2Unrestricted Electives 6  
Term 2
1Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
1Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3 ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  3  
1Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3-4  
RSM 250   3  
Term 3
3ACCT 200  or ACCT 207   3 2.5 cumulative GPA
CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247  3 One Quantitative Reasoning Elective 
3ECON 201 * or ECON 207  4  
1Natural Sciences Electives * 3-4  
2Unrestricted Elective 3  
Term 4
3MGT 201   3 ENGL 102 *  
1Natural Sciences Electives * 3-4  
3STAT 201 * or STAT 207  3  
2Unrestricted Electives 4  
6Recreation and Sport Management Elective 3  
Term 5
3,4MARK 300   3 RSM 250  
RSM 335   3  
RSM 290   3  
RSM 440   3  
6Recreation and Sport Management Electives 3  
Term 6
1Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 RSM 290  
3,4MGT 300   3  
5RSM 350 , 5RSM 390   6  
RSM 340   3  
Term 7
6Recreation and Sport Management Electives 6 RSM 390  
RSM 450   3  
1Communicating through Writing Elective* 3  
3,4FINC 300   3  
Term 8
5RSM 490   12 No milestones
TOTAL 120  
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Select courses from the University General Education list . At least one natural science course must have a lab.
2 Select any course not already required for the major.
3 Business administration minor requirement.
4 Must be taken at UTK.
5 Requires advancement into the recreation and sport management major.
6 May choose from RSM 330 , RSM 337 , RSM 338 , RSM 360 , RSM 370 , RSM 380  (class focus must be sport management), RSM 410 , RSM 415 , RSM 460 . All courses except RSM 338  and RSM 370  require advancement into the recreation and sport management major.