Sports Ministries - B.S.
Purpose
The Division of Health and Human Performance and the School of Theology and Ministry have created an interdisciplinary major in Sports Ministries. The purpose of this major is to prepare students professionally for service in church sports ministries, sports camps, school sports ministries, youth sports ministries, sports chaplaincy, short and long term missions, individual sport coach training, and para-church sports ministries.
Requirements (48 credits)
Required Courses (42 credits)
| BIL-202 | Inductive Bible Study | 3 |
PHE-
| Team Sport Activity (select 1) | 1 |
| REC-160 | Intro to Recreation and Sports Ministrie | 3 |
| PHE-225 | Psychology of Sport and Exercise | 3 |
| PHE-229 | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | 1 |
| PHE-230 | First Aid Basics | 2 |
| PHE-235 | Professional Experience I | 1 |
| PHE-371 | Administration of Physical Education and Athletics | 3 |
| THE-232 | Basic Christian Doctrine | 3 |
| REL-241 | Survey of Church History | 3 |
| CED-255 | Local Church Education | 3 |
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| CED-255P | Local Church Education Practicum | 1 |
| PHE-350 | Ethics and Character Development in Sport | 3 |
| PHE-470 | Sports Ministry Internship | 3 |
| REL-345 | Sports Evangelism & Discipleship | 3 |
| REL-340 | Models of Sports Ministry | 3 |
| YTH-370 | Youth Counseling | 3 |
Choose one of the following sets of two courses: (4 credits)
| REC-260 | Recreation Leadership and Programming | 3 |
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| PHE-236 | Professional Experience II | 1 |
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| YTH-355 | Youth Programming and Management | 3 |
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| YTH-355P | Youth Programming Practicum | 1 |
Choose one of the following: (2 credits)
| PHE-480 | Senior Seminar in Health and Human Performance | 2 |
| YTH-480 | Senior Youth World Changing Seminar | 2 |
