Bachelor of Science (Honours) Sports and Leisure Management
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)Dublin, Ireland€3,819
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Course overview
The B.Sc. in Sports and Leisure Management takes a student-centred approach to learning. Students engage with the Sports, Leisure and associated sectors through innovative teaching and actively learning by doing. Real-life problem solving takes place through engagement with community and industry, and collaborative and reflective learning will include using case studies, guest lectures from experts in their field, and site visits to a range of Sports and Leisure facilities. The programme is a mix of business, sports and leisure theory and applied modules providing you when you graduate with a wide range of competencies and attributes that you will find valuable working within the Sports, Leisure and associated sectors. You will study topics such as Communication, Marketing, Intercultural Competence, Leadership in Health Activity and Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, Leisure Law, and Facilities Management. Graduates will build the attributes and competencies required to work in the field.Using options in Years 2 and 3, you can tailor your interests around the themes of community, leisure and wellness, tourism or management. A final-year dissertation will be chosen from themes of Community; Leisure and Well-being; Tourism; and Management. In Year 2, students have the option to study at a partner University in Europe, under the Erasmus programme. Students will undertake a 6-month professional work placement. This may be completed outside Ireland, also under the Erasmus programme. On graduation, you may continue to postgraduate study in TU Dublin or elsewhere. Graduates will have the opportunity to gain accreditation in areas such as personal training and pool lifeguard. Exit Level 7 award available for this programme
What you will learn
Year One
Leisure Studies
Digital 1 - Fundamentals
Professional Business Communication 1
Intercultural Awareness in HTLE or Language
Accounting for Tourism and Leisure
Safety Programme for Leisure Management
Professional Business Communication 2
Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure and Event
Operations OR Aquatic Studies
Intercultural Competence in HTLE or Language
Leadership in Health Activity and Nutrition
Management 1 for HTLE
Year Two
Economics for HTLE
Stream A: Leisure Operations
OR
Stream B: Exercise Health Studies and Personal Training 1
Leisure and Sports Policy and Planning
Talent Management for Tourism, Travel and Leisure instead of Introduction to HR
Management 2
Option 1
Management Accounting- Cost and Decision –making
Leisure Facility Safety
Stream A: Leisure Management Behaviour Competencies
OR
Stream B: Exercise Health Studies and Personal Training 2
Leisure Law
Digital 2 – Literacy
Option 2
Year Three
Sustainable Sports and Leisure Facilities Management
Strategic Management- An applied approach
Data Analysis
Management Accounting- Planning and Control
Option 3
Option 4
Professional Work Placement and Career Management
Year Four
Research Methods
Marketing Strategy for Tourism Hospitality and Leisure
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Digital 3 – Channel Competencies
Applied Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Contemporary and Future Issues in Leisure
Strategic Management: Case Study Approach
The Workplace of Tomorrow
Undergraduate Dissertation
Options will be offered based on the themes: Community, Leisure and Well-being, Tourism, and Management. Option modules offered will depend on availability of staff.
Course details
Who is the course for?
Previous graduates have developed careers as activity co-ordinators, consultants and project managers, event organisers, facility managers, personal trainers, sport and leisure development officers with local authorities, national governing bodies and educational institutions. Graduates have also developed roles in sales and marketing, membership management, information technology, and have progressed to general management and group management functions within sports and leisure organisations. Graduates have also had successful careers in the wider services sectors including retail, financial services and public administration. Graduates may also wish to set up their own business within the sector, and skills and competencies are focused on this during the later years of the Programme.