Siena Heights University
SMG 480 SPORT MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 9-12 Students will participate in a 15-week field experience in the Sport Industry . The internship is a full-time ( 40 hours per week ) field experience for a minimum of 600 hours that are completed during normal business hours . The experience involves the cooperation of a faculty supervisor and an on-site professional . The internship will include an online component designed for group discussion related to internship issues , challenges , and opportunities . Students must be seniors , have completed specific Sport Management core courses , and obtain permission prior to registering for an internship . Students registering for an internship must have a minimum major g . p . a . of 2.70 in the major . Prerequisite : Senior status and permission of program chair Course is offered : FA , WI , and SU Every Year
SMG 485 SPECIAL TOPICS 1-3 The study of selected topics of current interest and not ordinarily covered in depth in other courses . Special topics may be repeated for credit with approval of the department / advisor . No more than three credits may apply to a major or minor . Prerequisite : Based on course topic Course is offered : Uncertain
SMG 495 SPORT MANAGEMENT IN SPORT 3 This capstone course is designed to provide sport management students with an opportunity for synthesis of the field and to prepare for the transition to graduate school and / or professional sport synthesis of the field and to prepare for the transition to graduate school and / or professional sport settings . The course will include an in depth analysis and application of the strategic process as applied to the sport industry . As part of this culminating experience , students will complete a major project and presentation . Prerequisite : SMG 280 , SMG 350 , SMG 360 , SMG 463 , and SMG 475 . Course is offered : FA and WI Every Year
SOCIOLOGY
SOC 111 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 3 Sociology focuses on social groups as basic units of analysis . Sociologists scientifically examine how factors external to individuals give rise to particular behaviors or situations and how social actors , through their membership in specific social groups , experience , interpret , and influence these behaviors and situations . Sociological research is based primarily on social life in the modern United States and Europe . This course begins with an introduction to sociological perspectives and methods of inquiry and then focuses on sociological research concerning culture ; ecology , and social systems of social stratification based on social-economic class , “ social race ,” and ethnicity . Along the way , it explores the interrelationships ( e . g . intersectionality ) among these dimensions and ends by exploring social change . Concepts from complexity theories and creativity ( e . g . social artistry ), ideas about eco-social justice ( e . g . social and environmental inclusivity / expansivity ), and “ appreciative inquiry ” ( e . g . strength based ) perspectives are embedded into the course . This is an applied sociology course which uses a variety of multi-sensual educational methodologies requiring active engagement and face to face collaboration . The emphasis is on refining skills of observing , asking questions , active listening , improvising , reflecting , and “ connecting the dots ” among local “ place-based educational ” projects and information provided by textbooks , films , speakers , etc . It includes extensive community based ethnographic ( e . g . participant-observation ) research work , completed outside of class times , at the Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee which involves the design , implementation , and evaluation of a mini-ecology lesson . A criminal history background check is required . Prerequisite : None Liberal Arts : Social Science Course is offered : FA and WI Every Year
SOC 113 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Cultural Anthropology focuses on the scientific description and analysis of learned and shared behaviors and ideas ( e . g . culture ). Understanding how and why groups ( micro-cultures ; macro-cultures ) are different and resemble each other are major goals in anthropology . We also explore what “ hangs cultures together ,” what tears them apart , and how they change . Research conducted on past and present cultures throughout the world are
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