Program Overview

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The MSc International Sport Management degree at Cardiff Met offers you a module framework which provides the fundamental underpinning knowledge, skills and understanding to be able to work in a managerial role in the fast moving and exciting world of sport, together with the opportunity to channel your interests and aptitudes in subject areas that complement the overall learning within the programme. The module content will allow you to reflect on the underlying business principles that help to sustain and develop the sport industry and there is a strong focus on entrepreneurship and strategic thinking which offers the potential for you to define and develop your own ideas for sport related products and services. These principles are underpinned by management theory and practice applied in a wide range of sport related settings.

The course will cover the core topics of:

• Managing Sport Operations and Environments

• Strategic Management & Governance of Sport

• International Sport Marketing

• Strategic Human Resource Management in Sport

• Research Methods in Sport Leadership

With opportunities to select one of the following:

Industry placement

International Business of Sport & Event Management

All students will undertake a Dissertation Project, which requires them to undertake research in an area of their interest related to the International Sport Management curriculum. Dissertation projects are major pieces of work that may be a 'Traditional Thesis' format, a 'Plan/Portfolio' format or a 'Journal Paper' format.