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Sport Management
Sport Management
Introduction
Sport Management is an exciting degree that will help you develop your career in
the sport industry. It has been designed to meet the industrys need for wellqualified managers who can combine management and financial skills with
specialist knowledge of sport. The course will help you acquire the necessary
knowledge, understanding and skills to enable reflective management practice in
a range of sport settings.
EU Applicants
EU students who have applied or who have been made an offer to study at the
University of Stirling in 2016 (or 2017 deferred entry) are unaffected by the
outcome of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.
Those who are considering applying to the University for 2017 entry are
encouraged to do so in the usual way, and we will keep all applicants informed as
relevant details emerge.
Degree type: MSc, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma
Study methods: Full-time, Part-time, Campus based
Start date: September
Course Director: Dr Mathieu Winand
Sport Postgraduate Recruitment Team
www.stir.ac.uk/sport
Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Course objectives
The course will help you acquire the necessary knowledge, understanding and
skills to enable reflective management practice in a range of sport settings.
Throughout the course you will be challenged to evaluate the dynamic
environment in which sport organisations in the public, commercial and voluntary
sectors strive to flourish, and to apply your developing knowledge and
management skills to meet the inherent sport management challenges.
Taught by staff with consultancy and research experience, this MSc reflects the
current industry trends and employer needs. Your studies will include: strategic
management, finance, research methods, professional practice and integrated
sport management studies. You will also have the opportunity to widen or deepen
your knowledge through selection of two option modules.
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent.
Applicants
without
these
formal
qualifications
but
with
significant
appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.
INTO University of Stirling offers a Graduate Diploma for those students who do
not meet the required criteria for this course. If you successfully complete
the Graduate Diploma in Business, Finance and Sport and meet the required
progression grades, you will be guaranteed entry onto this Master's degree.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language you must have one of the following
qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:
Overseas
Home/EU
Overseas
Home/EU
13,950
4,500
14,600
TBC
From 2016/7 onwards, the fees for all taught postgraduate courses are to be held
at the level set upon entry.
Please note there is an additional charge for the conferral of your degree. This
will be charged at the rate applicable when you complete your studies. View
more information
Find out about the cost of living for students at Stirling
Find information on paying fees by instalments
Scholarships & funding
Financial information
Find out more about funding your studies and meeting your living costs while
working towards another degree.
Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan
This course is currently approved for PTFL (Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan)
funding from SAAS. Find out more about PTFL
Structure and teaching
You can study either full-time or part-time to Postgraduate Certificate,
Postgraduate Diploma or MSc levels.
You must attain 180 SCQF points to be awarded an MSc in Sport Management.
You will achieve this by successfully completing the following modules:
You will have the chance to work on case studies, learn from people in the
business and to develop specific interests through a research dissertation.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Recommended reading
Students will only be expected to purchase three to four key texts for the course
relating to key management principles and relevant research methodologies. In
addition to core texts, reading will be supplemented with relevant and
contemporary (empirical) journal articles. Students with little knowledge of sport
management are directed to the following text as preparatory reading:
Taylor, P. (2011) Torkildesens Sport and Leisure Management (6 th Edition),
London: Routledge
Modes of study
Full-time
Certificate: 6 months
Diploma: 9 months
MSc: 12 months
Part-time
Certificate: 12 months
Diploma: 24 months
MSc: 24 months
Study method
Full-time and Part-time
Example timetable
The timetable below is a typical example, but your own timetable may be
different.
9-10
11-12
10-11
Mon
Tues Sports Research Methods
Wed
Thurs
Principles of Management in Sport
12- 1- 2-3
1 2
3-4
4-5
Sport Finance
Fri
Why Stirling?
REF2014
In REF2014 Stirling was placed 6th in Scotland and 45th in the UK with almost
three quarters of research activity rated either world-leading or internationally
excellent.
International Students
The University of Stirling welcomes students from around the world. Find out
what studying here could be like for you .
Strengths
A particular strength of this course is the focus on real practice enabled by the
knowledge and industry experience of module tutors. Amongst the course tutors
are trustees of National Governing Bodies of Sport, those who have employment
experience in sport management and a team who, in combination, has provided
consultancy support to a wide range of national and international sport
organisations. This offers students a unique insight into real life practice and
opportunity to access a substantial network of industry contacts.
As Scotlands University for Sporting Excellence we are closely aligned with many
sports organisations and have formal links with a growing number of
organisations with regard to facilitating student research projects, work
experience and guest lectures by industry practitioners. We are also pleased to
have a close association with the Chartered Institute for the Management of
Sport and Physical Activity.
Academic Strengths
This course is delivered by a team of highly qualified academics with experience
and research interests that complement and support teaching activities. Of
particular note is that fact that tutors of what may be regarded as generic
normally
one
Starts September or January
day
week
Coventry
Sport Management MSc
M B A Pa th w ay
International Sport Management MBA
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is an internationally recognised
business qualification. The MBA is seen by many world-class business
organisations as an essential passport that graduate students must acquire in
order to enhance their managerial prospects/careers in a world characterised by
strong global competition, new technological leaps, continuous change, corporate
social responsibility (CSR), ethical and sustainable business management and the
speed of change and its global nature.
Learning to manage in this business context requires new and higher levels of
knowledge, business and personal skills. Hence, companies will continue to seek
graduate MBA students with a view to renewing and refreshing their organisation
and who possess the skills needed to implement change, to turn threats into
opportunities and to sustain and improve their organisations competitive
advantage.
WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?
You will also have the option of enrolling on the internship programme (subject to
availability and acceptance). The internship can provide increased opportunities
to undertake a workplace experience that can both enhance your employability
and also enable a better understanding of theory in practice.
Please note that the fees for the International Sport Management MBA
are different to the fees for the other four MBA courses: see the Fees
and Funding section for details.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
Coventry Business School offers a variety of MBA degrees reflecting the research
and teaching strengths of the Business School staff and based on the
requirements of contemporary businesses. They range from the more general to
the more industry or business specific with each carefully designed to cater for
the career aspirations and backgrounds of the graduate student.
Students can choose an MBA from the following named routes:
International Sport Management MBA - demonstrate an understanding of the
organisation of sport, its variety across nations and sports, and evolution over
time. Critically analyse governance issues and their implications for the
management of sport. Assess the key stages in sponsorship management and to
critically evaluate the use of sport sponsorship by sponsors and rights
owners. Please note: this course is September entry only.
In short, the MBA is a means of enhancing your career prospects as well as
opening doors for future middle and senior managers; our aim is that the
Coventry Business School MBA will enable you to meet your current and future
career aspirations successfully and quickly.
Principles of Marketing;
Financial Analysis and Decision-Making;
Human Resource Management;
Strategic Analysis.
Semester 3
Dissertation, or
Company Internship.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
To commence the full-time MBA programme applicants must:
Students who do not fit with the above entry requirements can gain entry but
their degrees and experience will be assessed for appropriate content by the MBA
Director.
AP(E)L will be assessed by the MBA Director through interview.
All non-standard admissions as detailed above are taken to the Facultys
Accreditation Committee for approval.
FEES AND FUNDING
The fees for Finance MBA, Management MBA, International Business MBA and
Marketing MBA are 10,500 for UK/EU students and 14,500 for International
students.
The fees for International Sport Management MBA are 9,602 for UK/EU students
and 13,678 for International students.
WORK PLACEMENTS
As part of our MBA programmes students have the option of enrolling on the
internship placement.
This module normally lasts between 812 weeks and provides students with an
opportunity to undertake a workplace project on behalf of an organisation.
Coventry University Business School works closely with companies across the UK
and Europe to offer a wide variety of internships.
Eligibility
Students must successfully meet the following assessment criteria:
Assessment
After completing the Internship, you are required to write an extensive report
based on the managerial and educational experience derived from the internship
itself and present your findings to both the employers and academic staff.
Read more information on the internship programme offered by Coventry
University Business School.
S p o r t M an ag e m e n t M S c
OVERVIEW
The sport industry is expected to offer increasing employment opportunities as
the industry continues to grow throughout the world. However, alongside this
growth has also developed a more competitive labour market and higher
expectations of organisations, managers and customers within the sport industry.
WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?
The strong specificities of the sport industry (e.g. high media coverage and social
resonance, ambiguity of objectives and conflicting logics, multiplicity of
stakeholders, uncertainty of outcome, necessary cooperation and co-production
between competitors, fans loyalty, volunteerism etc.) require managers with
specific skills and expertise, and an in-depth knowledge of sport organisations.
The MSc in Sport Management at the Coventry Business School therefore aims to
provide specialist training for sport business managers who are working in the
sector or those who are seeking a professional career in the industry. It is also
open to graduates in any discipline with no prior work experience and who are
looking for the opportunity for employment in any of the many sectors that
comprise the sport sector. In this regard, the following objectives have been
established:
1.
to introduce you to a range of concepts and theories that will enable them
to critically analyse sports organisations contexts and functions both
nationally and internationally;
2.
to explore current trends and key concepts in sport management;
3.
to enable you to further develop analytical and decision-making skills and
to encourage reflective practice;
4.
to enable you to recognise, plan and develop appropriate management
skills necessary to build contacts in the sport industry and/or gain
employment in sport organisations.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
These courses are regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new developments
and the requirements of the profession, needs of industry and government
legislation.
The Sport Management course covers a range of subject areas such as:
You are also given the opportunity to follow optional topics such as:
strategic management;
entrepreneurship and small business;
developing skills for business leadership;
market research.
engineering etc.) who wish to work in the sport industry also have the
opportunity to gain a postgraduate degree that offers a global perspective of
managing sports organisations.
GLOBAL LEADERS PROGRAMME
To prepare students for the challenges of the global employment market and to
strengthen and develop their broader personal and professional skills Coventry
University has developed a unique Global Leaders Programme.
The objectives of the programme, in which postgraduate and eligible
undergraduate students can participate, is to provide practical career workshops
and enable participants to experience different business cultures.
Click here for further details on the Global Leaders Programme.