Sport Management (Msc): Full-Time, January Start
Postgraduate
In London
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
London
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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.
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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
- Media
- Full Time
- Industry
- Governance
- Management
- Economics
- Sport Marketing
- Sport Policy
- Sport Economics
- Design of Competitions
- Sport Governance
- Sport Policy and Development
- Sport Event Management
- Research Methods in Management
Course programme
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
- International Sport Law
- Sport Labour Markets
- 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
Full-time international students: £18420 pa
Sport Management (Msc): Full-Time, January Start