Practium, Internship, and Advance Field Experience Options

Students majoring in sport management are afforded three different kinds of opportunities to apply their classroom experiences.

All sport management majors are required to complete a three-credit Practium in Sport Management which provides students with the opportunity to plan, organize, and lead various elements of the athletic and recreational programming offered through the Alumni Healthful Living Center, the College's state-of-the-art health and fitness center.

Sport management majors who meet the College's academic requirements for internships (grade point average of 2.0 or above overall and 2.2 or above in the major) are eligible for the three-credit Internship in Sport Management which places students in regional sport-related organizations.

Sport management majors with a grade point average of 3.0 and above are eligible to apply for the Advanced Field Experience (MAN 460-461) program. This program places students in semester-long, full-time intern positions within a sport organization. In place of the six credit hours of general electives and the six credit hours of management electives, students in this program earn 12 credit hours through a combination of the work they do at their placement site and a series fo papers and presentations relating their field experience to the concepts and principles learned in their courses. Students are not concurrently enrolled in courses during the Advanced Feild Experience program.

Electives

Electives supplement the sport management student's business program. Cultures, social science, communication, and statistics for sport management may be selected from the list of courses approved by the School of Business. Special care is given to ensure that the elective sections complement the sport management student's course of study leading to a successful career in sport-related industries.

Course of Study

1. Core Requirements for All Business Majors (80 credit hours)

(plus)

2. Required Management, Marketing and Legal Studies Courses (21 credit hours)

LS 460(Sport Law)

MAN 350(Struture of Sport Industry)

MAN 423(Human Resource Management)

MAN 455(Sport Facility Planning and Management-4 credits)

MAN 465(Seminar in Sport Management-4 credits)

MK 366(Sport Marketing-4 credits)

(plus)

3. Other required courses (6 credit hours)

EC 340(The Economics of Sports)

CL 390(Sports in Society)

(plus)

4. Electives (18 credit hours)

MAN 480( Management Internship-3 credits)or(Business Elective-3 credits),(Business Elective-3 credits),(Non-Business Elective-12 credits)