Our mission is to make the University of Texas McCombs School of Business the premier learning destination for graduate students pursuing careers in the business aspects of Sports and Entertainment.

I. Provide formal learning opportunities in Sports and Entertainment Management 

• Cross-list relevant graduate courses in other disciplines 
  Department of Kinesiology 
  Department of Radio, Television, and Film (RTF) 
  Law School 
  School of Fine Arts 
• Build and develop interest within the Graduate Business School faculty for relevant courses offerings. 
• Build a concentration in the Graduate Business School for Sports and Entertainment Management 

II. Provide informal learning opportunities in Sports and Entertainment Management 

• Hold meetings to discuss current topics in Sports and Entertainment Management 
• Supply speakers from both inside and outside the University to discuss current topics in Sports and Entertainment Management 
• Coordinate field trips to facilitate learning 
• Coordinate social events to build community among Sports and Entertainment Management Association members 
• Coordinate meetings and events with student organizations in Kinesiology, RTF, the Law School and the School of Fine Arts

III. Initiate and maintain a strong network of contacts to help the Sports and Entertainment Management Association survive and succeed 

• Maintain a close relationship with our faculty sponsor
• Build bonds with the graduate student organizations in Kinesiology, RTF, the Law School, and the School of Fine Arts
• Build and maintain strong relationship with faculty in the Graduate School of Business, Kinesiology, RTF, the Law School, and the School of Fine Arts
• Build and maintain relevant non-faculty contacts within the University
• Build and maintain relevant external contacts, businesses, trade associations, and professional sports organizations

IV. Provide career opportunities for Sports, Entertainment, & Media Association members 

• Internship Opportunities
• Full-time Opportunities

SEMA's function can best be divided into four equally important areas: Education, Career Resources and Opportunities, Meetings, Speakers, and Events.

First and foremost, it is SEMA's objective to enhance the McCombs School of Business' educational opportunities for graduate students in the areas of Sports and Entertainment Management. Realizing this is a current deficiency within the MSB:

• We are currently opening working relationships with other graduate programs across the University, particularly the Departments of Kinesiology, Radio, Television, and Film (RTF), the School of Law, and the School of Fine Arts.
• We are gathering syllabi and discovering business-relevant graduate courses across the University
• We are approaching other graduate student associations for opportunities to partner and increase graduate student interest in sports and entertainment management 

With with those relationships and resources, SEMA will increase the formal learning opportunities for sports and entertainment management by working with appropriate departmental faculty within the MSB to develop learning options. Goals include cross-listing business-relevant graduate courses and creating a Management concentration in Sports and Entertainment Management.

Finding a fulfilling career in Sports or Entertainment Management that fits a graduate student's skill set is not easy. More than other industries, sports and entertainment hiring is very experience-based, the channels of employment information are non-standard, and the available jobs are highly desired. That scares away many graduate students and career service professionals. BUT, as they say, "FIND A JOB YOU LOVE, AND IT WON'T FEEL LIKE A JOB." Many of us love sports, film, music, TV, or interactive media, and the good news is...there are important business aspects to each. With the exponentially increasing ways people can receive sports and entertainment in the digital world, opportunities abound in the fields we love.

"At the heart of our association's efforts is our desire to leverage the graduate school experience into satisfying careers in sports and entertainment management."

SEMA is working with Ford Career Center to assist the career search. We conduct surveys of current SEMA members to determine specific company interests and work with the Career Center counselors to make contact with those companies to either get them to campus or arrange for a communication link between them and SEMA.  Additionally, a SEMA resume book is made available to companies in the sports, entertainment, and media industries.

As with any new student association, SEMA will succeed or fail based on our ability to keep things interesting and relevant to our members. We intend to attract and keep a critical mass with fun, productive meetings, cool speaker-led discussions, and successful SEMA-sponsored events.

We will hold no meaningless meetings. We keep our meetings interesting and relevant. SEMA has high hopes of attracting the types of speakers that our members and others at McCombs would have found inaccessible otherwise. They include:

• College Athletic Directors, 
• Hollywood Producers, 
• Sports Team Owners and General Managers,
• Museum Curators and Performance Arts Directors, 
• Sports and Entertainment Agents, and
• Software Game Developers

Some of the highlights of joining our organization include the opportunity for networking, sharing our experiences, and attending SEMA-sponsored sporting and cultural events together. Even beyond those perks will be our ability to tour facilities or sets and gain a behind-the-scenes feel for the business of sports and entertainment.