需要体育和娱乐管理专业人员来满足因人口增加，休闲时间增加，机动性增强和社会态度改变而产生的娱乐需求。体育和娱乐管理课程旨在为学生准备运动，娱乐，公园和户外娱乐计划和管理方面的专业职位。对体育和娱乐管理感兴趣的学生可以找到各种职业机会，包括社区娱乐，联邦，州和市政府机构，私人户外和旅游企业以及学院间体育部门以及小型和大型联赛运动队。对市政和县娱乐机构，YMCA / YWCA，男孩和女孩俱乐部，大学/专业运动，健身/设施管理组织以及临床和社区环境中的治疗性娱乐感兴趣的学生可以通过其他娱乐，市场营销，会计，经济
Sport and Recreation Management professionals are needed to meet recreation demands resulting from expanding populations, increased leisure time, greater mobility and changing social attitudes. The curriculum in Sport and Recreation Management is designed to prepare students for professional positions in sport, recreation, parks and outdoor recreation programming and administration. Students interested in sport and recreation management can find a variety of career opportunities including community recreation, federal, state and municipal governmental agencies, private outdoor and tourism enterprises as well as intercollegiate athletic departments and minor and major league sport teams. Students interested in municipal and county recreation agencies, YMCA/YWCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, college/professional sports, fitness/facility management organizations, and therapeutic recreation in clinical as well as community settings, can focus their interests using additional recreation, marketing, accounting, economics, social media, management, entrepreneur and leadership elective courses. This major is based on interdisciplinary approach providing a broad, comprehensive background for leadership and administrative roles in sport and recreation industries. It also provides students a foundation for advanced academic pursuits of a graduate degree in sport or recreation administration or related degree programs.