<p>Our son wants desperately to go to college for Sports Management, and has developed a "short" list of schools he is initially interested in: (Drexel, PSU, Delaware, MD, Ohio, Indiana, UConn, UMass, S. Carolina, Syracuse, Ithica, Temple, Fla. State, & Bowling Green). But he is young & can't fully appreciate all the factors that need to go into the decision-making process for choosing both a career and a school.</p>
<p>As parents, we want to do the best we can to help ensure that our son positions himself as best as possible for the realities of today's economy and the potential job market. </p>
<p>After reading all the CC threads on the subject, we are very aware that opinions on the subject of Sports Management break down into 2 camps. One says such a major/degree (especially when combined with a business-related minor) is worthwhile, and one should focus on schools/programs which have the most/best contacts, alumni, internship opportunities, etc. The other camp says such a degree is too narrowly-focused and "worthless", and it's better to get a business degree/majorand perhaps double-major or minor in S.M. </p>
<p>To help him get a first-hand view of what he may be in for in the industry (at least initially), he is taking a 4-week "summer college" program housed at PSU, where he is combining an intensive 3-hr morning class on S.M. topics and an "internship" afternoons/eves/weekends with various university and local minor-league sports teams, where he - - you guessed it - - spends most of his time stuffing envelopes & selling tickets.</p>
<p>Originally dead-set on a S.M. degree at a big Division-1 sports school, our son is now starting to take more to heart some of the advice he's heard before from us, but is now also hearing from some of the teachers & contacts he is developing while in the program, and re-thinking whether it might be better to go for a business degree with a S.M. minor.</p>
<p>If our son decides he still wishes to pursue a major in S.M. and try to minor in a business program, we pretty much have our list of schools to choose from (above). For example, one local school we like (beyond just the fact that it is nearby, relatively reasonably-priced, and has access to a large market/internships) is Temple. There, our son would be able to combine a S.M. major with several possible general business minors without any extra time required to graduate, and would have the opportunity to work two internships during his 4 years. But there are also a couple drawbacks we see with Temple. First, he is limited to only a few "general-business" type minors along with a S.M. major. He cannot minor in any "business-majors-only" minors like finance, marketing, accounting, etc. Second, if he decides to go the business degree route via the Fox Business School instead of a major in S.M., it doesn't appear there'd be any way to get in the 2 internships or get a minor in S.M., both of which we feel would be integral and invaluable parts of his education and feet in the door for post-graduate jobs.</p>
<p>If, on the other hand, our son decides to pursue a business major instead, we need to quickly shift direction and look for schools with strong business programs that also hopefully have minors and internships available in S.M. Schools that may have once been out of the picture (such as PSU) because they didn't have a S.M. MAJOR would now be back under consideration.</p>
<p>So here's our question out to fellow CC readers/posters.......... </p>
<p>WHAT ARE SOME GOOD SCHOOLS (PREFERABLY EAST COAST/MID-ATLANTIC REGION) FOR A STRONG BUSINESS MAJOR THAT ALSO OFFERS A SPORTS MANAGEMENT MINOR & INTERNSHIPS? </p>
<p>Any recommendations, help on the subject, or insights into our listed schools or any recommended by others in this post would be geatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>