The Master of Science in Sport Science is designed to meet the needs of students from non-teaching professions, as well as the teaching profession. The program is discipline-specific with provision for students to choose from among four different academic tracks: Sport Management, Exercise Science, Aquatics Administration/Facilities Management, and Sport Studies. According to their selected program of study, students are prepared for a variety of competitive employment opportunities, including management and administration of sport and athletic programs, corporate and community health and fitness facilities, hospital and medical-based exercise programs, and recreational programs in school and community settings.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Master of Sport Science program, students seeking admission to graduate studies at IUP must meet the following criteria:
- Have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- Have a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 2.4 (on a 4.0 scale) if the bachelor’s degree was earned more than five years ago
- Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.6 (on a 4.0 scale) if the bachelor’s degree was earned five or fewer years ago
Applicants who do not meet the undergraduate GPA criteria must submit a Miller Analogies Test (MAT) score of at least 395.
International student applicants must score 525 on the Test of English Foreign Language (TOEFL).
For more specific information related to the application process, visit the website of the IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research.
Assistantships and Financial Aid
A limited number of assistantships are awarded yearly to full-time, highly qualified, degree-seeking graduate students. Duties are performed under the supervision of a faculty member or administrator. Assistantships require twenty hours of work weekly for both the Fall and Spring semesters (six hundred hours over the period of the assistantship) and provide a stipend and full tuition remission during the academic year. In addition, graduate assistants receive a tuition waiver for 12 credits during the following summer. Graduate students working ten hours per week during both Fall and Spring semesters (three hundred hours over the period of the assistantship) receive one-half the total stipend amount and a 50 percent tuition waiver in the academic year. In addition, tuition remission for six credits is provided during the following summer. Both ten-hour and twenty-hour assistantships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence rather than financial need. The deadline for applying for a Fall assistantship is March 15 of the same calendar year. Students interested in pursuing the Federal Stafford Loan Program or Federal Work Study Program must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), located on the FAFSA website.
Graduate students may be eligible to finance their education through student loan programs, the Federal Work Study Program, state university employment, and/or graduate assistantships. For more information, please visit Financing Your Education.
Dr. Mark Sloniger
Zink Hall, Room 241
1190 Maple Street
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
Phone: 724-357-5508
Fax: 724-357-3777
E-mail: sloniger@iup.edu
Dr. Robert Kostelnik
Zink Hall, Room 236
1190 Maple Street
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
Phone: 724-357-7645
Fax: 724-357-3777
E-mail: bkostel@iup.edu
