MA in Sports and Recreation Management

Overview

According the resolution of Council of Higher Education in its 15th session which was held on 15/7/1429H the department of Sport and Recreation Management was adopted to be one of the departments of the College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity in KSU.

M.A. program in Sport and Recreation Management aims to meet the needs of governmental and private institutions in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(Ministry of Sport, sport clubs, military sectors, Ministry of Education, sport centers, Saudi universities and colleges, companies and institutions' sport clubs). In addition, it seeks to achieve the desire of graduate students from related discipline to pursue their higher studies. The program improves the professional level and increase the knowledge of the workers in the field which enhance the importance of connecting the theory with practice. It also contributes to investigate and provide solutions to the current management problems in accordance with latest scientific updates in the areas of specializations.

Also, it aspires to keep pace with scientific development in sport and recreation field which can be accomplished through preparing specialists and distinguished scientific studies and researches in the sport and recreation fields such as: management of sport organizations and commissions, management of sport activities in universities, management of sport and recreation events and facilities, sport marketing and investment, etc. It aims as well to highlight contemporary issues in the area of sport and recreation management.

Degree's Name:

Master in Sports and Recreation Management (MSRM).

Requirements for obtaining the Degree:

Thesis Option

pass a 31- graduate units

Successful completion of master’s Thesis

Program General Structure:

Thesis Option

Number of required units is (31) units in addition to (6) thesis units as follows:

Type of Courses		No. of Courses	No. of Units Required
Core Courses	General	3	(9) Units
Core Courses	Specialty	6	(16) Units
Elective Courses		2	(6) Units
Thesis		1	(6) Units
Total		12	(31) Study unit + (6) study units for thesis

Program Study Plan:

First Level

#	Course Code	Name	No. of Study Units	Pre-requisite
1	BMB 500	Methods of Research in Sport Science & Physical Activity	3(3+0)
2	PHE 501	Philosophy and Trends of Sport Science & Physical Activity	3(3+0)
3	SMR 501	Management of Sport & Recreation Facilities	3(3+0)
4	SMR 502	Leadership in Sports & Recreation	3(3+0)
Total			(12) Units

Second Level

#	Course Code	Name	No. of Study Units	Pre-requisite
1	BMB 511	Statistics in Sport Science & Physical Activity	3(3+0)
2	SMR 511	Contemporary Issues in Sport & Recreation Management	3(3+0)
3	SMR 512	Legislations and Regulations in Sport & Recreation	3(3+0)
Total			(9) Units

Third Level

#	Course Code	Name	No. of Study Units	Pre-requisite
1	SMR 521	Marketing and Investment in Sport & Recreation	3 (3+0)
2	SMR 596	Thesis Proposal preparation	One unit	15 units
3	SMR ----	Elective Course (1)	3 (3+0)
4	SMR ----	Elective Course (2)	3 (3+0)
Total			(10) Units

Fourth Level:

#	Course Code	Name	No. of Study Units	Pre-requisite
1	SMR 600	Thesis	(6) Units	SMR 596
Total			(31) unit + (6) units for thesis

List of the Elective Courses (students must select a minimum of 2 courses) from the following:

#	Course Code	Name	No. of Study Units	Pre-requisite
1	SMR 531	Management of Sport and Recreation Events	3 (3+0)
2	SMR 532	Management of University’s Intramural Sport Activities	3 (3+0)
3	SMR 533	Public Relations in Sport & Recreation	3 (3+0)
4	SMR 534	Organizational Behavior in Sport & Recreation Institutions	3 (3+0)
5	SMR 535	Economics of Sport and Recreation Management	3 (3+0)

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