Course/Catalog Description

Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed 9 hours of SPAD coursework and be fully admitted to the Sport Administration program.

Designed to offer students an opportunity to work with professionals in the field through the practical application of acquired knowledge, skills, and best practices associated with sport management. Students are required to complete 170 contact hours at a selected facility/organization. May be repeated for credit with approval of the instructor and graduate advisor.

Consideration for a supervised practical experience associated with coaching, managing, or administering sport-related programs working directly with participants will be considered when defining the placement of students.

Objectives

Students will:

1. Gain knowledge and skills necessary for managing/leading sport-related programs.
2. Develop and/or strengthen professional contacts within the field of Sport Administration.
3. Create an electronic portfolio showcasing one’s course work, applicable projects, experiences, talents and skills in leading/managing sport-related programs and administration of recreation, leisure and/or sporting events.
4. Presentation of key areas of experience to faculty highlighting experiential learning and challenges experienced.  

1.    Students must work in an administrative capacity with a sport-related organization under the supervision and leadership of a professional in the field.

2.    Practice specific skills and develop leadership qualities essential for success in one’s chosen field.

3.    Students will network and cultivate connections with other professionals in the field.

4.    Students will create an electronic portfolio showing specific coursework and projects throughout their degree work at MSU inclusive of individual leadership and/or management experiences, public presentations, and administrative obligations.

Assignment Deadlines

All assignments will be due via D2L within an appropriate timeframe of the listed due date & time. If a student has not been able to complete the outcome by the due date, they are responsible for letting the instructor know the reason for the delay in submission. For assignments that are related to a learning outcome (Budgeting, Marketing, Equipment, Facility & Officials Management, Programming, Communication, and Supervisor Task Assignments) all must be submitted prior to the end of the last week of classes. These include All assignments, unless otherwise noted must be typed in 11or 12 point font and submitted as a Microsoft Word document. All discussion posts and reports or papers must be developed using APA 7^th edition formatting. ***PDF and other types of formatted documents submitted will not be graded unless specifically requested by the professor within the assignment instructions.***

Note: You may not submit a paper for a grade in this class that already has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in another course, unless you obtain the explicit written permission of me and the other instructor involved in advance.

Plagiarism is the use of someone else's thoughts, words, ideas, or lines of argument in your own work without appropriate documentation (a parenthetical citation at the end and a listing in "Works Cited")-whether you use that material in a quote, paraphrase, or summary. It is a theft of intellectual property and will not be tolerated, whether intentional or not.

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