Sport Leadership & Management

When: Winter Term 2021

Credits: SLM 446 (3 credit hours) & SLM 448 (3 credit hours)

Description: For the 6-credit course, students will travel to four cities (Auckland, Dunedin, Queenstown, and Wellington) from January 1-23, 2021 to examine the policy, management, and marketing of sport in New Zealand culture and society. While in New Zealand, students are fully immersed in the global and local complexities and relations of the New Zealand sport industry.

Program Activities: Students will be be given the opportunity for first hand experience in, and a thorough understand of, the rapidly expanding global sport marketplace through:

• Formal lectures delivered by prominent guest scholars from New Zealand universities in the field of global sport culture, management, marketing, and media.
• Meetings with sport managers and executives from governing bodies, corporate sponsors, sport media corporations, major venues, and professional teams to outline the New Zealand sport industry.
• Site visits to locally and nationally prominent New Zealand sport stadiums, venues, and facilities.
• Physical cultural practices and experiences such as sailing, surfing, street luge, jet boating, and social sport competitions (rugby, cricket, netball, soccer, and parkour, ultimate frisbee).

Course Relevance: SLM 446 & SLM 448 are both Miami Plan courses. Successful completion of the program will satisfy the entire Global Miami Plan for Miami students.

For SLAM students entering Miami prior to Fall 2020, the courses will fulfill the following course requirements toward their major:
SLM 448 - Sport Leadership Core course
SLM 446 - SLM Matrix course

For SLAM students entering after Fall 2020, both courses can be 2 of the 4 electives required to satisfy the program requirements.

Student Selection: The program is open to students of all majors and academic backgrounds. It’s intended for those students with personal and professional interests in the area(s) of: sport management, sport policy, tourism and event management, sport sociology, sport coaching, sport science, kinesiology, public health, physical activity, and/or physical education.

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Offered by Adam Beissel 
abeissel@miamioh.edu

When: August 1-16 (2021)

Credits: SLM 448 OR SLM 414 (3 credit hours)

For the 3-credit course, students will travel to London over two weeks from August 1-16, 2021 to examine the management of sport in British society. Students will be given the opportunity for first-hand experience in, and a thorough understand of, the rapidly expanding global sport marketplace. While in London, students are fully immersed in the global and local complexities and relations of the UK sport industry through:

• formal lectures delivered by the primary trip leaders as well as prominent guest scholars from U.K. universities in the field of global sport culture, management, marketing, and media
• meetings with executives who outline the workings of the UK sport industry, and the ways that global and local forces intersect in and through the organization, structure, and experience of European sport culture
• field visits to globally prominent UK sport enterprises and facilities
• participating in physical cultural experiences and social sport competitions
• attending live sport and entertainment events

The program is open to students of all majors and academic backgrounds. It’s intended for those students with personal and professional interests in the area(s) of: sport management, sport policy, tourism and event management, sport sociology, sport coaching, sport science, kinesiology, public health, physical activity, and/or physical education.

Students enrolled in the course will receive three (3) credits and fulfill their Global Miami Plan. Students will enroll in either SLM 448 (Global Sport Perspective) or SLM 414 (Event and Facility Management in Sport).

The program fee $3,300. The program fee includes accommodation, meals, site visits, group meetings, activities, and sporting event tickets. Students will also be responsible for airfare which is in the range of $1000 and tuition per credit which for students based on their in/or out of state residency. Scholarships are available through Global Initiatives, the College of EHS, and SLAM.

For more information contact Adam Beissel at abeissel@MiamiOH.edu

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