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The Smith College graduate program in Exercise and Sport Studies is devoted exclusively to the practice of intercollegiate coaching of women's teams.
Academically, the program is interdisciplinary by design, with a background combining social science and scientific information about exercise and sports, and practical experiences encompassing all aspects of coaching. Graduates of the program are ideally suited to take on the role of head coaches of intercollegiate teams.
Theory courses, seminars and applied skills, in conjunction with a coaching practicum combine to make up the candidate's 51–credit load over the course of two years. The large number of intercollegiate athletic teams at Smith provides prospective students with a base at which to serve as assistant coaches.
Our goal is to produce quality intercollegiate coaches for female athletes. Students with diverse and high–quality undergraduate backgrounds who have had intercollegiate athletic experience as players and/or coaches are prime candidates for the ESS Master of Science degree.
The Exercise and Sport Studies Graduate Program
at Smith College received Level IV NCACE accreditation in 2003. The competencies
associated with Level IV "describe the knowledge, skills and values to be attained by experienced,
professional coaches who have more than one full season of experience at an interscholastic
or equivalent level, or who teach highly skilled athletes at whatever age." After
completing your Master's at Smith, you will be prepared to coach on the college level.
For more information about the history and philosophy of The Smith College graduate program in Exercise and Sport Studies, please go to Philosophy of ESS Grad Program.
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