Specialisation

Major - Sport Management

Western Sydney University Major Code: MT2036.1


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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses : NO


The Sport Management major is designed for people who seek careers in Australian and international Sport management. Specialist units provide students with a capacity to understand and function within the increasingly dedicated context in which sport is played, organised and managed. Students who complete this major will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to manage sport experiences pertaining to globalisation and emerging contemporary issues in sport. Graduates find career employment at all levels of government as well as within the private sector for both commercial and non-commercial organisations. Positions include project management of facilities and events, management and coordination of leisure, sport and civic event departments, sport marketing, player management and sport public relations, elite sport development, sport and leisure programming.


Major Structure

Qualification for this major requires the successful completion of 80 credit points including all of the core units listed below.

Core Units for this Major

200997 Developing Sport Professionals
201001 Our Sporting Future
200991 Service Industry Analytics
200990 Special Event Management
201079 Sport and Society
200996 Sport Entertainment
200998 Strategic Sport Leadership
201000 The World of Sport Business

Note: From 2021 unit 200999 Sport and Society replaced by 201079 Sport and Society.

Professional Units for Careers in Markets

Students undertaking the Sport Management major are advised to take the following four units to satisfy the requirements for their professional core:

200918 Design Thinking for Creativity
200751 Sport Management Applied Project
200032 Statistics for Business
200915 The Service Enterprise

Recommended Sequence

Qualification for the award of Bachelor of Business with a major in Sport Management requires the successful completion of 240 credit points as per the recommended sequence below.

Full-time

Year 1

Autumn session

200911 Enterprise Innovation and Markets
200912 Enterprise Leadership
201000 The World of Sport Business
200032 Statistics for Business

Spring session

200910 Financing Enterprises
200909 Enterprise Law
200996 Sport Entertainment

And one elective

Year 2

Autumn session

200915 The Service Enterprise
201079 Sport and Society
200990 Special Event Management

And one elective

Spring session

200997 Developing Sport Professionals
200918 Design Thinking for Creativity

And two electives

Year 3

Autumn session

200998 Strategic Sport Leadership
200991 Service Industry Analytics

And two electives

Spring session

201001 Our Sporting Future

Enterprise Engaged Unit

200751 Sport Management Applied Project

And two electives

Part-time

Year 1

Autumn session

200911 Enterprise Innovation and Markets
200909 Enterprise Law

Spring session

200910 Financing Enterprises
200912 Enterprise Leadership

Year 2

Autumn session

201000 The World of Sport Business
200032 Statistics for Business

Spring session

200996 Sport Entertainment

And one elective

Year 3

Autumn session

200915 The Service Enterprise
201079 Sport and Society

Spring session

Two electives

Year 4

Autumn session

200990 Special Event Management

And one elective

Spring session

200918 Design Thinking for Creativity

And one elective

Year 5

Autumn session

200998 Strategic Sport Leadership

And one elective

Spring session

200997 Developing Sport Professionals

And one elective

Year 6

Autumn session

200991 Service Industry Analytics

And one elective

Spring session

201001 Our Sporting Future

Enterprise Engaged Unit

200751 Sport Management Applied Project

Replaced Units

The core unit listed below counts towards completion of this course for students who passed this unit in 2020 or earlier.

200999 - Sport and Society



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