Sport Management Fellows

The Sport Management Fellows program focuses on the worldwide enterprise of sport and the prominence of organized sports at every level in collegiate and professional sports environments, together with the significance of auxiliary industries in sports apparel and equipment, television contracts and other ancillary products and services. The curriculum includes an optional internship in conjunction with the BMGT 485 Project Management course, providing students an opportunity to focus on the particular issues in the sports industry. The program also prepares them for various roles in sport management in both the collegiate and professional sport environments and private sector enterprises.

Dr. Phil Evers is the Faculty Champion for this program. Click here to view his profile.

Curriculum -- 2 year program

  • BMGT 488A (Introduction to Sport Management) Fall 1
  • BMGT 450 FP section (Integrated Marketing Communications) Spring 1
  • BMGT 485 FP section (Project Management) Fall 2
  • BMGT 495 FP section (Business Policy) Spring 2

NOTE: Sport Management Fellows is a 4 semester sequential program with a dedicated fellows section each semester. Therefore, substitutions cannot be made for dedicated fellows courses.

Co-curricular activities/events

  • Field Trips
  • Optional internship

Fellows Application Eligibility

  • Must be a Business Major (any major)
  • Rising Junior (will be a junior in Fall 2007)
  • Minimum 3.0 cum gpa preferred
  • Essay - What is the value of studying sports management?
  • Resume

Application & Selection Process

  • This Application is now closed. Applications will reopen for Fall 2009 cohort in Spring 2009.
  • You can work on your application in any order you choose
  • You can save your application as a draft (before making a final submission). Your saved application is located in your "Profile" under "My Applications" in UNet.   Please remember not to submit your application until you have finished entering all parts of your application .  You will only be able to submit this application once and are then unable to return to make edits.