Sport Studies Undergraduate Program
Preparing for a future in sports
1)GET AN EMAIL ACCOUNT AND GET ON THE SPORT STUDIES LISTSERV
Send message to: Listproc@lists.unh.edu
Message: subscribe Sport.Studies your name
2)CHECK OUR WEB SITE FREQUENTLY - www.shhs.unh.edu/kin_ss
3)START READING THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Sport Business Journal., Sport Marketing Quarterly, Sport Psychologist, Organizational Dynamics, NCAA News, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. The list is endless - We keep some in the Sport Studies Lab. Also check out the SBRnet.com -- the biggest on-line sports data base there is!! -- and the Sports Business Daily, considered the essential news source for sport executives. The SBRnet.com is available to all UNH students via the Library’s web site. Also check out Matthew J. Robinson, et al. Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals (Aspen Publishers, 2001).
4)GET INVOLVED FOR EXPERIENCE AND FOR CONTACTS
There is plenty here at UNH. We'll send updates on the Sport Studies email bulletin board.
5)PREPARE A RESUME, A PERSONAL PLAN, AND A PORTFOLIO
Guidelines available in Room 109 or Sport Studies Lab. We want to see these when you come for advising!! Sign up for workshops at Career Planning. Use the services you already pay for!!!!!
6)JOIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
7)BUILD YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS
Public Speaking, Computer Applications (Excel, Powerpoint, Pagemaker, SPSS), Cultural Literacy (news, literature, art). You can learn only so much in courses. Some must be on your own. But one way or another, you must become an appealing person who can function in today’s world. This won’t happen by playing video games.
8)PREPARE FOR AN INTERNSHIP, WHICH IS YOUR LAUNCHING PAD
See files in the Sport Studies Lab. See us early.
9)PREPARE TO MOVE ANYWHERE AND OFTEN!!!!