Admission

Students wanting to declare this minor may do so in one of two ways:

• SPH students: complete the Declaration of Undergraduate Minor or Certificate Form.
• All other students: contact the records office of their degree-granting school/unit to have this minor officially added as an academic objective.  Kelley School of Business students must complete the following form: https://apps.kelley.iu.edu/UGrad/Student/MajorMinorChangeRequest

Students are responsible for checking with their degree-granting schools/units to determine whether or not this minor may be officially recorded on their transcripts.

 Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in degree programs who wish to add a coaching specialty to their studies.  This minor requires:

• successful completion of 15 credit hours prescribed below.
• a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0.
• a minimum grade of C- is required in each minor course.

Required Core Courses (6 cr.):

Complete 2 of the following courses:

• SPH-K 335 Theories of Conditioning for Coaching (3 cr.) (Fall only)
• SPH-K 350 Championship Coaching Principles (3 cr.) (Fall and Spring)
• SPH-K 435 Philosophical Foundations of Coaching (3 cr.) (Spring only)

Elective Courses (9 cr.):
Select and complete 9 credits from the following. At least three must be from the 300-400 level.

• SPH-K 350 Championship Coaching Principles (3 cr.) (Fall and Spring) *Can be used as elective if not utilized as a required course.
• SPH-A 361 Coaching of Football (2 cr.) (Spring only)
• SPH-A 362 Coaching of Basketball (2 cr.) (Fall only)
• SPH-A 363 Coaching of Baseball (2 cr.) (Fall only)
• SPH-A 370 Coaching of Soccer (2 cr.) (Spring only)
• SPH-A 483 Sports Officiating (1 cr.) (usually basketball, track & field, or softball)
• SPH-K 280 Principles of Athletic Training and Emergency Care (2 cr.) or SPH-H 160 First Aid and Emergency Care (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 316 Theories of Advanced Conditioning (2 cr.) (Fall only)
• SPH-K 317 Theory and Practice of Resistance Training (2 cr.) (Spring only)
• SPH-K 335 Theories of Conditioning for Coaching (3 cr.) (Fall only) (If not taken to complete the core requirement hours.)
• SPH-K 350 Championship Coaching Principles (3 cr.) (Fall and Spring) (If not taken to complete the core requirement hours.)
• SPH-K 405 Introduction to Sport Psychology (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 435 Philiosophical Foundations of Coaching  (3 cr.) (Spring only) (If not taken to complete the core requirement hours.)
• SPH-K 455 Practicum in Coaching (1-3 cr.)
• SPH-L102 Participant Leadership Development
• EDUC-G 207 Introduction to Student-Athlete Counseling Psychology (3 cr.)
• SPH-R 230 or SPH-K 206 Recreational Sport Programming (3 cr.)
• SPH-R 431 Youth Sport Management (3 cr.)