The IU Kokomo Sport and Recreation Management (SRM) degree uses an interdisciplinary approach that includes foundation courses in sport, recreation and business. In addition to completing a broad core of professional sport and recreational courses (in law, marketing, management, psychology, and finance).   

The sport and recreation management (SRM) program provides you with academic knowledge and practical experiences that foster an understanding of and appreciation for the sport and recreation industries. An academic experience centered on student learning will promote professionalism, collegiality, and scholarship. 

Degree Requirements:

• completion of General Education Requirements: (34 cr.)(All undergraduate students must complete the IU Kokomo campus-wide general education requirements.)
  • Written Communication (3 cr.)
  • Speaking and Listening (3 cr.)
  • Quantitative Reasoning (3-8 cr.)
  • Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing: (6 cr.)
  • Scientific Ways of Knowing: (8 cr.)
  • Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing: (3 cr.)
  • Diversity requirement: (3 cr.)
• completion of sports marketing and management major requirements
• a minimum of 120 successfully completed credit hours which count toward the degree program
• a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA
• a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in a combination of ANAT-A 215 and courses with the following department code-prefixes: HPER, BUS, AHLT
• No Pass/Fail except for HPER activity courses

Management Core: (24 cr.)

• BUS-A 200 Survey of Accounting (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or
  • BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS-F 300 Survey of Finance (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or 
  • BUS-F 301 Financial Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 200 Business Law (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or 
  • BUS-L 201 Business Law (3 cr.)
• BUS-M 300 Survey of Marketing (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or 
  • BUS-M Marketing Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-W 100 Principles of Business Administration (3 cr.)
• BUS-X 107 Freshman Seminar in Business (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 300 Survey in Management (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or 
  • BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organization (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 200 Survey of Economics (non-business minors) (3 cr.) or
  • ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.)

Sport and Recreation Management Major Requirements (58 cr.)

Sport & Recreation Management Requirements - Freshman-Sophomore (13 cr.)

• SRM-P 211 Introduction to Sports Management (3 cr.)
• SRM-P 328 Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics (3 cr.)
• SRM-P 333 Sport in America: Historical Perspectives (3 cr.)
• SRM-R 213 Introduction to Sport Information (3 cr.)
• HSCI-E Physical Activity Course (1 cr.)

Sport & Recreation Management Requirements - Junior-Senior (27 cr.)

• SRM-P 402 Ethics in Sport (3 cr.)
• SRM-P 405 Introduction to Sports Psychology (3 cr.)
• SRM-P 411 Legal Issues in Sport Settings (3 cr.)
• SRM-P 415 Sport Promotion and Public Relations (3 cr.)
• SRM-R 319 Sport Facility Management (3 cr.)
• SRM-R 418 Sport and Recreation Marketing (3 cr.) / HTM-T 419 Tourism Sports Marketing
• SRM-R 432 Leadership and Management in Sport (3 cr.)
• SRM-R 445 Special Topics in Sport & Recreation Management (3 cr.)
• SRM-S 320 Economics of Sport (3 cr.)

Applied Learning Experience (6 cr.) Junior-Senior

• SRM-491 Internship in Sport and Recreation Management (3 cr.)
• SRM-491 Internship in Sport and Recreation Management (3 cr.)

Additional Major Elective Courses (12 cr.) - Choose Any Four Courses

• HPER-R 160 Foundations of Recreation & Leisure (not an IUK course)
• HPER-R 271 Dynamics of Outdoor Recreation (not an IUK course)
• HPER-R 324 Recreational Sport Programming (not an IUK course)
• SRM-R 472 Youth Sport Management (3 cr.)
• SRM-R 492 Independent Study in Sport & Recreation Management (3 cr.) including andy HTM Minor Required Courses:
  • HTM-T 100 Intro to Tourism Studies (3 cr.)
  • HTM-T 219 Management of Sports Events (3 cr.)
  • HTM-T 371 Special Event Management (3 cr.)
  • HTM-T 375 International Toiurism (3 cr.)

General Electives (4 cr.)

• Student's Choice