Business: Sports and Recreation Management (A.A.S.)
HEGIS: 5506
SUNY CODE: 0462
This program prepares students for entry-level positions in public and private recreational facilities. The curriculum offers coursework in business, health, recreation and liberal arts
The goals of this program are to:
- prepare students to be able to plan, implement, and manage recreational and/or sports activities and facility scheduling; and
- provide students with the knowledge and training for them to be able to coach a variety of sports.
Successful graduates from this program will be able to:
- plan and implement a culminating sport or recreational event; and
- organize, write, implement and reflect upon lesson plans that center around sports skills.
Career Opportunities/Transfer Information
Graduates find employment at resorts, golf courses, fitness centers, sporting goods stores, campgrounds, parks, recreational departments and youth services. While not designed as a transfer program, students have continued their education at SUNY Brockport, SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College and St. John’s University.
Program of Study
1st Year
1st Semester
| BU 111 | Business Organization & Management | 3 |
| EN 111 | College Writing | 3 |
| FS 100 | First Year Student Seminar | 1 |
| PE 120 | Found of Physical Educ and Sport | 3 |
| PE 160 | Introduction to Recreation | 3 |
| | Math Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
2nd Semester
| BU 104 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| EN 112 | College Literature | 3 |
| HE 121 | Personal & Community Health | 3 |
| IS 115 | Computer Applications I | 3 |
| PE 118 | Aquatics | 1 |
| | OR | |
| PE 170 | Lifeguard Training | 1 |
| PE 157 | Adapted PE and Sport | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
2nd Year
3rd Semester
| BU 232 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| EN 228 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| HE 128 | First Aid and CPR: Responding to Emergencies | 2 |
| SC 118 | Fund of Human Anatomy and Phys | 3 |
| SS 161 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| | Physical Education Majors Activity | 1 |
| | Physical Education Majors Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
4th Semester
| BU 121 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BU 225 | Customer Service Management | 3 |
| PE 148 | Adventure Curr and Coop Act | 2 |
| PE 156 | Coaching Princ and Theories | 3 |
| SC 117 | Nutrition | 3 |
| | Physical Education Majors Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Total Credit Hours: 64
Students who have previously been convicted of a felony are advised that their prior criminal history may impede their ability to complete the requirements of this program. For more information, visit www.herkimer.edu/felony.
For more information, contact the Business, Health, Science, and Technology Division at (315) 866-0300, ext. 8240 or toll free 1-844-GO-4-HERK, ext. 8240.