• M.S. Sport Management – Non Thesis Option
• M.S. Sport Management – Thesis Option

The graduate internship is designed to provide our graduate students with the opportunity to make application of theories, and conceptual material learned in the classroom, in a professional setting.

Take what you learn in the classroom and put it into practice in the sport industry.

Internships often provide students with the opportunity to network and make contacts in the sport industry that will assist them in obtaining professional employment following graduation, and/or enhancing career opportunities in organizations which students are already employed.

For questions, information, and/or internship application forms, please contact Dr. Scott Waltemyer.

• Internship categories and settings
• Professional sports
• Minor-league sports
• College athletics
• Scholastic athletics
• Campus recreation
• Community recreation
• International sport federations
• Sport marketing
• Sport media
• Health & fitness

You need to contact the internship coordinator during the semester PRIOR to the semester in which you would like to intern (it is recommended that you contact the internship coordinator at least three months before the time you would begin your internship). The internship coordinator will answer any questions, and make sure that you are on the right track. You will then be provided with the application form that you will need to complete, sign, and return to the internship coordinator. Once the application is received by the internship coordinator, it will then need to be officially approved, and once approved by the department we will send it to the registrar’s office to enroll you in the course. In order to register you on time, you should have your completed application submitted to the internship coordinator at least a month before the beginning of the semester. Again, you do not register for the course. You complete an application form, and if it is approved, the department will then register you.

No, the university does not place interns. We do have many contacts in the sport industry, so if you do not have an internship site already or are not sure what you want to do, we can help guide you in the right direction, but we do not directly place interns. It is the responsibility of the student to finalize the internship site.

No, you cannot use your current job/role; however, you could possibly use your current organization. For example, if you are a high school football coach, you could NOT use your roles and responsibilities with the football program towards your internship, however, you could possibly (upon approval) work with other sports and/or the athletic director on other projects for your internship. Or if you work in ticket sales for a professional sports team, you could possibly do your internship with another department (e.g. facility management, marketing, public relations, etc.). If this is your situation, please discuss with the internship coordinator.

There are a few assignments/papers that students will submit during the internship. You will keep a journal/log of your work activities/tasks, record your work hours in a timesheet, write a reflection paper at the end of your experience, and your site supervisor will complete an evaluation form. All of these assignments will be submitted to the internship coordinator, and instructions for everything will be provided in the internship manual/syllabus which will be provided once you are enrolled.

Students have the entire semester, for which they are registered for the internship, to complete the internship hours.  SPMT 684 interns must complete a minimum of 40 internship work hours per academic credit hour, which equals a minimum of 120 total documented work hours (that being said, if the organization that you are interning for requires more hours, then you must meet their minimum hours, even if it is more than we require on the academic side.  For example, if the organization you intern with requires to you work 20 hours a week for a minimum of 10 weeks, then you would get 200 hours.  The organization may require more than the 120 hours, but you will not get credit if you complete less than the 120 hours that we require).  Further, you may not retroactively use previous work towards your internship. All internship hours and work must be concurrent with the semester in which you are registered for academic credit for the internship.

The graduate internship is a three credit course, in which students may earn credit for field experience work in the industry.  Students must complete a minimum of 120 hours of field experience work (along with other assignments) in order to earn the credit.

The site must be a sport/recreation organization, and must be approved by the SPMT internship coordinator and KNSM chair of graduate studies.

Students may complete the internship during the spring, summer (10-week), or fall semesters. The internship experience (work hours) must be completed during the semester in which you are registered for the course.