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Sport Management or Fitness Management Majors


The Industry in a Growing Profession:
The Sport and Fitness Industry has experienced dramatic growth over the past twenty years.  The need for expertise in sport and fitness management has grown into a discipline where specialization exists in a multidimensional sense in the various areas of business, communications, and health-related areas. Professional positions in this exciting area require that persons are trained and qualified in many areas such as programming, marketing, management, communications, facility development, finance, economics, politics, and legal aspects.  Indeed, the days are long gone where positions are filled by happenstance or by virtue of simply liking sport and fitness.

 

The Majors at UW Parkside:
At the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, we believe we have created a comprehensive curriculum that will serve both the students aspiring to gain employment in sport and fitness professions and this vast industry.  The Majors in Sport Management and Fitness Management prepares students to become well-versed in general and specific realms of knowledge. Our faculty believe in teaching theoretical foundations, reflective reactions to material, applicational projects and activities, and critical analysis by students of what they have experienced in the various processes.                                                   

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Career Possibilities in Sport and Fitness Management:
As the realm of sport and fitness management provides perhaps the most varied professional opportunities of employment, the possibilities that exist are far ranging and truly exciting.  The following is a sample of careers in sport and fitness management:


If one or several of these areas interest you, consider the Majors in Sport and Fitness Management and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as your pathway to preparation for an exciting and truly bright future. Contact HESM advisor Ali Fairchild at fairchil@uwp.edu or (262)595-2512 with questions.

All students must complete a plan declaration form for the Sport Management Major, Fitness Management Major, Sport Management Certificate, Exercise Science Certificate, and Coaching Certificate. A hard copy of this completed form must be handed in to the HESM advisor at the SAC in office L127.

Students should follow the curriculum requirements for the year when they declared an HESM major or certificate. If you do not know the curriculum year you should be following, please contact the HESM advisor.





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