Program Overview

Sports Management BSc (Hons)

Overview

Impact a growing global market with our hands-on Sports Management degree. You’ll boost your employability while covering key areas of sport business like marketing, finance, and leadership.

Course Content

This programme combines a general understanding of business and management with thorough coverage of key areas in sports business. From finance and marketing, through to strategy and social responsibility, you will move to focus on more specialist subject areas, including sports event management, sports journalism, high performance personnel management and sports law.

Modules

• Sport, Culture, and History
• Applied Sports Management
• Introduction to the Sports and Leisure Industries
• Contemporary Marketing Practice
• Introduction to Management
• Financial Management
• Experience and Employment in Sport
• Managing Sports Events
• Sports Journalism and Media Relations
• Principles of Entrepreneurship
• Leadership in Organisations
• Management Accounting
• Marketing Strategy and Implementation
• Research Methods in Business and Management
• Behavioural Economics
• Independent Project in Sport
• Sports Sponsorship and Promotion
• Global Perspectives on the Sports Industry
• Sports Marketing Campaign
• Contemporary Challenges for Sports Managers
• Sport and the Law
• Independent Study
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Strategy
• Social enterprise
• Digital business strategy
• Managing in the workplace

Teaching Methods

You'll be taught on our beautiful and historic campus located in Twickenham, London. We utilise a wide range of teaching methods. As well as highly interactive lectures, designed to develop a detailed understanding of key subject areas, you’ll receive presentations from top management professionals and practitioners within the sports industry.

Assessment Methods

A variety of assessment methods will test your knowledge, understanding and skills development throughout the degree. The programme uses a broad range of assessments including business reports, essays, practical exercises, presentations, case studies, examinations, assessed blogs, seminar and simulation exercises.

Entry Requirements

• Standard offer: 112 UCAS points
• Contextual offer: 96 UCAS points
• GCSE: A GCSE grade 4/C in English and Maths, or an equivalent qualification, is also required.
• International requirements: International students should check our country-specific pages for equivalents. If English is not your first language you will need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (or equivalent).

Fees & Funding

• Home: £9,535
• International: £17,100
• Additional costs: Your tuition fees will cover the cost of all mandatory elements of your programme. Additional costs could be incurred depending on optional modules chosen and other projects undertaken.

Career Opportunities

Our Sports Management degree will help you develop essential transferrable skills, such as communication, critical thinking, and teamwork. Some examples of job roles and areas of work for graduates of Sports Management BSc (Hons) include:

• Professional sports teams and leagues
• The sports marketing and sponsorship sector
• The management of sporting events
• Management of health and fitness centres
• Sport for Development

Research Areas

• Business and law
• Communications, humanities and social policy
• Education and teaching
• English and creative arts
• Human and applied sciences
• Theology and ethics

Dual Accreditation

During your sports management course, you can complete specific modules to achieve a Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership awarded by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) (subject to CMI moderation).