SRMT 400 - Pre-Internship for Sport and Recreation Management

Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed (or be in the process of completing) all major course work, with the exception of SRMT 420. Students must have completed SRMT 230 with a grade of C or better.
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

The course is designed to further expose students to various park, recreation, and sports agencies and the facilities associated with each. Students will begin researching, applying for, and selecting the agency through which they will complete their practicum. Students will also begin making final preparations for the fulfillment of various practicum requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students will have built upon their existing industry contacts.
Students will researched potential practicum sites relating to their specific area of interest.
Students will developed a resume for submission to potential practicum sites.
Students will written letters of interest to at least six potential practicum sites.
Students will further developed their professional and interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
Students will have practiced their interviewing skills and techniques.
Students will have interviewed for potential practicum placement.
Students will have written thank you letters to interviewers.
Students will have written acceptance/rejection letters to potential practicum sites.
Students will have written practicum goals and objective statements.
Students will have begun preparation for practicum experience.