Sport Management (MSc)

Master

In London

£ 12,180 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

Our MSc Sport Management is designed to give you the skills and expertise you need to compete in the sport industry and related businesses and organisations, by combining specialist teaching about the principles and practice of sport management with general training in management, business organisation, strategy and research methods.

It covers several key areas, such as governance and regulatory issues, with emphasis on the wider sport sector. It will help you to develop a deeper understanding of management, governance and regulatory issues within the business of sport.

The programme is ideally suited to the needs of executives within a variety of sport organisations, such as professional sport clubs, governing bodies, media organisations and sport-related businesses. It is also ideal for members of supporters’ organisations, local government officials with responsibilities in the leisure field, and people with a general interest in the sport and media industries.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates can pursue careers in sports administration for sport governing bodies, professional sport clubs such as football clubs, as consultants and/or business and marketing managers in the sport sector, and for public bodies involved in the administration of sport policy.

Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university, or an equivalent international qualification.

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Subjects

  • Law
  • Design
  • Event Management
  • IT Law
  • Governance
  • Teaching
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Industry
  • Part Time
  • Full Time
  • Media
  • Sport Marketing

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

You take six compulsory modules, choose two option modules - one from the list below and one from a choice offered by the Department of Management - and complete a 12,000-word dissertation on any aspect of the sport industry.

COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Research Methods in Management (Postgraduate)
  • Sport Economics and the Design of Competitions
  • Sport Event Management
  • Sport Governance
  • Sport Marketing
  • Sport Policy and Development
OPTION MODULES
  • International Sport Law
  • Sport Labour Markets
MSC SPORT MANAGEMENT DISSERTATION
  • MSc Dissertation
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

Additional information

Duration

One year full-time or two years part-time

FEES

Part-time home students: £6090 pa
Full-time home students: £12180 pa
Part-time international students: £9390 pa
Full-time international students: £18780 pa

Sport Management (MSc)

£ 12,180 VAT inc.