Sport Management Fieldwork
Bachelor's Degree • Admission • Curriculum • Course Descriptions • Fieldwork
The purpose of fieldwork is to provide the sport management major with work experience in the sport management field.
The field experiences will be the primary way for students to acquire job-related, work experience required for employment. The present curriculum offers a strong background in business administration with an equally strong preparation in sport studies. The fieldwork experiences provide the critical link between the disciplines.
The fieldwork experiences are provided to offer the student the maximum opportunities to gain work experience while being supervised in a sport management environment. The student should be at a place in his/her academic career that she/he is able to make specific contributions while serving in the workplace. The purposes are twofold:
- to provide opportunities for students to gain sport management experience.
- for the student to provide certain skills and services that are considered appropriate for specific sport management settings.
The fieldwork experiences are viewed as opportunities for application of skills and knowledge acquired in the classrooms and laboratories. Many career opportunities stem from fieldwork experiences.
Part of this experience for the student includes identification of possible work sites. Contact, after approval from the Field Experience Coordinator, with the appropriate people in the sport-related organization is also part of the student's overall experience. Many fieldwork locations are coveted. The competition for internships, particularly in intercollegiate athletics and professional sport, is quite keen.
For this reason, students should have the opportunity to identify appropriate sights, make contacts for an interview and to pursue these work-related experiences in the same professional manner that one would pursue a career. Your advisor and the Field Experience Coordinator are available to assist you in this process. Discussions about the type of experience that you desire should occur with your advisor. The preliminary identification and approval of several potential sites should occur during the semester prior to your enrollment in a fieldwork course.
Contact the Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies
1914 Andy Holt Ave.
322 HPER Bldg.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2700
Phone: 865-974-3340
Fax: 865-974-8981