Optional Specialization in Sport-Based Youth Development
The specialization in sport-based youth development utilizes innovative teaching, coaching and administrative approaches to prepare you for working with young people outside of the traditional physical education and interscholastic/intercollegiate sport settings. The specialization is intended as an alternative program to teacher education, as well as an extension for coaches, recreation leaders, teachers, administrators, youth development workers and others who have an interest in the holistic development of youth through sport and physical activity.
The specialization can be completed only as part of a master’s degree, either the M.A. in Physical Education or the M.S. in Sport Management.
Required Courses
(12 credits)
Electives
Additional courses may be selected, with advisement, from the following list as part of the specialization, but are not required.
Special Workshops and Seminars
(non credit)
Fees are required for each noncredit workshop/ seminar. Workshops and seminars include: Project Adventure (ropes course); Child Abuse; Violence Prevention; and Anatomy/Physiology.
Note 1: First Aid and CPR or PED 167 is required prior to PED 525 , PED 792 and/or PED 536 .
Note 2: Evaluation of, and credit for, comparable course work may reduce certification credits needed; however, the M.A. degree requires a minimum of 33 credits in 500-level courses and above. Student teaching (PED 536 ) does not count towards the M.A. degree.
Note 3: Field Experience Requisite—Students who do not have appropriate prior experience working with children in physical activity-based contexts will be required to do so. These experiences will be selected and scheduled through close advisement with the students’ adviser and the coordinator of the teacher preparation program.
Note 4: Some courses in the program may be taken for noncredit with permission.
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