Having difficulty finding schools that offer Sport Management

Papa_Chicken
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:02:50 +0000

A2-- I’d suspect you’d need to get accepted to Wharton, a first major hurdle, then major in management or marketing, and interact somehow with this sports business group to do some focused things in the sports area. Again, I have no clue whether this is an undergraduate option because all I see written on student activities is:

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Students have long requested more formal opportunities to focus on the business of sports while at the Wharton School. WSBI introduces students to the Sports Business Industry through:

-Sports Business Consulting Practicum opportunities, company “treks”, and independent study projects;

-sponsoring sports-specific conferences, speakers, career panels, receptions and forums to raise exposure to leaders and key topics in the sports business industry;

-facilitating recruiting efforts in this highly competitive industry by working hand-in-hand with career services, companies and alumni;

-support of student-run sports business focused clubs at the MBA and undergraduate levels;

-there are no sports management degree programs at Wharton and currently no plans to introduce them

-certificate programs can be customize for sports industry organizations.
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Suggest you contact the program directly…don’t go thru admissions to figure out if this is a possibility:

“To learn more about these educational programs email us at sportsbusiness@wharton.upenn.edu or contact Professor Kenneth Shropshire, WSBI Faculty Director, at 215-898-3017.”

I’d urge you to make a phone call (repeatedly if necessary) to the named professor until you connect, rather than to send an email to this drop-box. Much easier to ignore an email.