Submitting materials for Candidacy Status?  Send them electronically (one .pdf) by September 6 or November 22 to Heather Alderman, Program Manager.
 
When preparing your documents to submit for Candidacy Status, use the following as a guideline:
 
Purpose of Candidacy Status (CS):  To provide your academic unit/sport management program an opportunity to prepare itself for the development of a Self Study and have a site visit:

• Build overall confidence and understanding in the accreditation process
• Mentoring available
• Granted by Board of Commissioners
• Normally will not exceed five years

 
What to submit:

1. Most recent regional reaffirmation of accreditation letter, catalog, letter from President (from membership application)
2. Program Overview: Mission statement, program description, faculty credentials, SM core courses, gen ed requirements, other required core courses, # majors, # degrees conferred
3. Outcomes Assessment Plan (use template) and most current results (if available) - O/A Presentation from NASSM 2010
4. Linkages between program and industry
5. Organizational chart

 
Dos and Don'ts:

• Do include all requested materials
• Do follow the O/A template
• Do organize your submission so that the Board of Commissioners can find your materials
• Do customize your submission to COSMA
• Don’t use only links to show information from your catalog – cut and paste the information too
• Do submit electronically as one .pdf (or 7 hard copies)