Turn your love for Sport into a fulfilling career!
Come learn about the field of Sport Management at a university with a rich culture in sports and championships!
In this course you will learn about Sport Management as an academic and career pathway. Sport Management is an academic field that that blends educational, sociological and business principles with the sport industry in areas such as athlete support, community engagement, marketing, event planning, and facility management.
This course will incorporate interactive lectures, hands-on activities, guest speakers from the field, and opportunities to see sport operations in action. Students will also have the chance to meet sport industry professionals and learn about their career paths and experiences. Students will explore the many potential career paths within the sport industry and the academic journey that can prepare them for success.
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify key roles within the sport industry, have knowledge of the skills necessary for success in sport management, and better understand the role of sport professionals in shaping athlete experiences and community impact.
Sessions Offered
Storrs Session 2:
July 5, 2026 - July 11, 2026
Course Fees
Format
Non-Credit
This class is meant to be immersive and students will experience:
- What is news and how you can find it.
- How a reporter can best present a nonfiction story.
- Multimedia:
- Photography: Tools and tricks for creating a well-composed photo
- Audio and Video: Best practices & editing techniques
- Data Visualization: How to turn numbers into an understandable graphic
- Social media
- Field trip to a television news station in the Hartford area
- Ethics in a “citizen journalist” world
Meet the Professor
Dr. Danielle DeRosa, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, UConn Sports Management
Dr. Danielle DeRosa is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Sport Management Program. In this role she oversees the instruction of the experiential learning and career readiness components of the Sport Management undergraduate program. This work includes employer and alumni outreach and opportunities to foster partnerships that ensure high quality learning experiences for Sport Management Program students.
Danielle also serves as a Director for Husky Nutrition & Sport, a campus-community partnership that uses sport-based youth development as a foundational building block. Husky Nutrition & Sport facilitates the opportunity for UConn staff and students to engage in a collaborative relationship with community and campus partners to develop, deliver, and evaluate youth development programs that are aimed at enhancing exposure, knowledge, and opportunity to engage in physical activity, healthy nutrition, and academic achievement, as part of positive lifestyles and opportunities.
Throughout Danielle’s career she has had the opportunity use sport as a platform for relationship building, learning and development.
