SPM 451 - Internship in Sport Management

12 Credits

Prerequisite(s): Completion of all professional level classes. This course is the Sport Management student’s capstone experience. Students will be assigned to an internship site based on their unique educational needs and experience. Internship students will work directly with sport management professionals in one or more work settings. This will be the on the job learning experience in a segment of sport industry with a minimum of 14 weeks, 5 days per week, and 8 hours per day. Supervision will be jointly provided by the cooperating organization and the college departmental staff. Field experience yield the necessity of receiving direction, undertaking responsibility, and demonstrating competence by applying theory learned for course work. It allows the student to complete a partial fulfillment in his/her degree program and will help him/her discover career options and confirm career choices. Students must secure their own internship (based on their concentration) but internship must be approved in writing by the department staff.