 Steve Taylor
Director of Student Opportunity and Industry Involvement
2026-D Carolina Coliseum
staylor@sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-4690
Fax: (803) 777-8788
The internship and practicum opportunities you
will experience represent the starting point
of your professional career. Supplementing the
curriculum, the contacts, work experience and industry knowledge you
will acquire through these real world experiences will provide you
with a solid foundation on which to build a successful
career.
For frequently asked questions about Internships, please click here.
If you are an industry sponsor or are interested in becoming and industry sponsor, please click here.
The practicum, SPTE 295, the
first of two internship experiences that are required,
occurs once all pre-professional courses have been completed (typically at the end of your sophomore year). During the practicum, you will use your
pre-professional level coursework to its fullest advantage and begin
to establish or build on a network of professional contacts within
the sport and entertainment industries. The practicum is a "total
immersion experience" lasting a minimum of thirteen weeks and a
minimum of 487.5 hours. Your practicum may be taken during the spring,
summer or fall semesters depending on the cycle of business for the
respective portion of the industry that you would
like to work in after graduation.
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| Students in the SPTE Departement Interned at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver |
Although you will learn to apply networkingskills constantly
throughout your Sport and Entertainment Management experience, the
practicum and internship experiences afford you an opportunity to apply these skills for extended
periods in challenging, real world settings in time to help with
career choices prior to graduation. Based on your experiences during the practicum, you may either
continue toward the same career goals or modify them as a result of
what you have learned from your exposure to the industry.
Your choice of electives in your junior and senior years at Carolina
should also be based on the input you receive from your industry mentor
during your practicum.
The SPTE 495 internship is a six (6) hour course of
study and is the capstone experience for our undergraduate program.
The internship is taken after all other degree requirements have
been satisfied. For both SPTE 295 and SPTE 495, the course instructor, along with an on-site supervisor, will interact with you on a regular basis to assess your progress; each course requires tuition for six credit hours.
Examples of past student practicums and internships include AEG Live, All In Entertainment, the Atlanta Falcons, CNN Sports, the Carolina Panthers, Comcast-Spectacor, ESPN, Feld Entertainment, Live Nation, MSG Entertainment, the New Orleans Super Dome, the New York Knicks, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ticketmaster, the Gamecock Club, USC Athletics, and the Washington Redskins.
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