📖Program Curriculum
Year 1
Core Modules
Credits
People Management and Employment Skills
20.00
This module will consider the core competencies intellectual and personal skills needed to become a successful people manager. This includes managing relationships with colleagues subordinates and customers. You’ll also study key HR elements development of people and sustainability employability strategies.
Global Business and Sustainability
20.00
Business is an interconnected series of systems networks and operations that span the globe where it is possible to conduct business at any hour of the day. You’ll learn about the impact and challenges of technology and the growth and benefits of emerging markets.
Introduction to Data and Analytics
20.00
This module examines the importance of collecting and managing data to facilitate informed business decision making. You’ll study both qualitative and quantitative forms of data collection and use of appropriate software for the analysis and interpretation of data to provide insight into business and management research issues.
Introduction to Financial Decision Making
20.00
Develop your understanding of the purpose of financial accounting information the structure of main financial statements and the influence of economic factors on decision-making. You’ll learn about the importance of finance and accounting in the world of business and economics its value and relationship with the other business functions.
Principles of Marketing
20.00
This module will cover fundamental concepts and functions of marketing within a commercial business activity. You’ll explore the marketing planning process: segmentation targeting and positioning of a brand offering with respect to the competition. You’ll also cover topics including context market research and decisions.
Opportunity Modules
You must choose 2 x 10 credit Level 4 Opportunity modules.
Year 2
Core Modules
Credits
Consultancy in Practice
20.00
This module will explore the role of a business consultant and the realities of undertaking live projects. You’ll develop skills include working effectively in a team and pitching for business. You’ll be provided with live project briefs from real-life business clients and will relate your skills and knowledge to the requirements of the client.
Sport Business Management
20.00
Develop your knowledge of sport industry structure through the mapping of the roles of key stakeholders such as government agencies sport governing bodies and sector wide organisations. Industry culture will be explored from a business perspective with insights into the production distribution and consumption of sport.
Sport Operations and Event Management
20.00
You’ll explore sport facility design ownership and finance as key features of pre-operations that inform the management of sport operations and events. A focus on service quality will enable insights that link facility marketing event planning risk security and performance management to an optimal sport facility operation and event experience.
Research Methods
20.00
This module will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to perform applied research of quality and rigour. You’ll study both the conceptual issues and practical considerations through the entire process including theory-building questions and objectives proposal writing collecting and analysing data and reporting on findings.
Optional Modules
Credits
Inclusive Practice in Sport and Physical Activity
20.00
You will develop your social awareness by introducing the challenges of responding to diverse needs capabilities and preferences in sport and physical activity. You’ll learn the knowledge and skills to engage and deliver sustainable inclusive sport and physical activity for diverse and hard-to-reach groups.
Project Management and Sustainable Operations
20.00
Project management ensures that the associated risks are identified and managed and objectives and benefits are achieved. You’ll gain experience of project management techniques using industry standard methodologies. You’ll focus on the design and management of products processes services and supply chains for sustainable operations management.
Opportunity Modules
In addition you must choose 2 x 10 credit Level 5 Opportunity modules.
Year 3
Core Modules
Credits
Sustainable Strategic Agility and Innovation
20.00
This module will equip you with the necessary skills for understanding designing and assess strategies from an orthodox and agile perspective in a fast-moving business environment. You’ll develop resilience time management leadership of self teamwork creativity and innovation in deconstructing and creating an agile strategy.
Field Immersion and Leadership for Career Development
20.00
You’ll examine the different schools of leadership and complete various leadership management and personality assessments to build on your strengths. Graduate and placement applications volunteer activities and working with careers teams and advisers will also form part of the activities when required.
International Marketing
20.00
You will build on knowledge gained from levels 4 and 5 marketing modules to develop a deeper understanding of key concepts theories and contemporary debates in international marketing. This module will enable you to recognise the opportunities issues and complexities surrounding the international markets and marketing decisions.
Sport Enterprise and Leadership
20.00
You’ll use strategy to identify key features of industry business and market environments that shape enterprise leadership and the sustainability of sport organisations. The effects of social technological and regulatory trends on sport governance models are evaluated and strategic management is practiced.
Independent Professional Project
40.00
