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Pictured are South Fayette high school students at their Mini-THON event for pediatric cancer research. | Photo by Chris Rolinson
SAEM 101 course at South Fayette High School raises over $43K for pediatric cancer research. Read the story.

High School Seniors Earn Three Credits Toward a Point Park Bachelor's Degree

Through the Introduction to the Sports, Arts and Entertainment Management Business (SAEM 101) course, our sports, arts and entertainment management program offers high school seniors with the opportunity to earn three college credits toward an undergraduate degree at Point Park University or to be applied to the college of their choice.

There are two ways of earning these credits:

  • Through high school faculty delivering our curriculum (concurrent enrollment) or
  • By coming to the Point Park campus and taking this course in our classroom (dual enrollment) as it is delivered to our SAEM freshmen

The SAEM 101 course provides students with a broad overview of the business basics and career paths in sports, arts and entertainment management industries. This course is hands-on and engages students through in-class presentations, discussions, textbook and trade publication readings and field trips to venues such as Stage AE and the Pittsburgh Playhouse

It also offers high school students with access to on-campus special events like our Emerging Trends in Sports Conference including crash courses on esports and mobile ticketing. Students will learn good personal branding (resume and LinkedIn profile building for example) and have their first professional exposure to SAEM by completing a 20-hour shadowing experience.


Pictured is the 2014-15 sports, arts and entertainment management intro class at Montour High School. | Photo by April Fisher
SAEM 101 Montour High School students with
Professors Steve Tanzilli (front row, third from left)
and Ed Traversari (far right)

Participating High Schools

We have partnered with the following schools:


Learn More

If you are interested in offering the SAEM 101 course at your high school or would like to offer an on-campus experience to your students, contact Paige Beal, MBA, at 412-392-3954 or pbeal@pointpark.edu.

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