​The BSc (Hons) Sport Management degree at Cardiff Met will enable you to develop the critical understanding, professional knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to take up a managerial position in the ever expanding sport and activity industry. This could be in leadership roles associated with researching the contemporary issues and challenges associated with modern sport; developing and delivering community sport and activity; developing and managing appropriate structures and environments for elite sport and also the governance and administration of sport at a national and international level, in the modern era. An essential component of being able to achieve this will be through gaining an understanding of how sport is run from a global perspective and an appreciation of the sport consumer as both a fan and a participant. You will also be afforded the opportunity to explore a wide range of management areas associated with making sport happen. These include finance, human resources, operations, events, media, communications and marketing. We help you to understand and establish the guiding principles of what it means to be a manager in the industry today. Concepts such as quality, strategy and policy will be explored alongside your own personal and professional development; this will be through a sporting context but delivered in manner that will enable you to transfer your knowledge and skills into other sectors. The Sport Management degree will provide you with a well-defined, contemporary foundation on which you can build your career.​ Excellent on-site facilities together with top class venues in Cardiff and the surrounding region, combine with a network of supportive industry partners to provide us with a comprehensive work-related and work-based learning programme. This is designed to enable you to apply the knowledge gained from the degree curriculum in real-world settings and gain valuable experience to use as a foundation for further study or future employment. We are a recognised education partner with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and our current students receive student membership of this industry professional lead body. Show less

The BSc (Hons) Sport Management degree at Cardiff Met offers you a module framework which provides the fundamental underpinning knowledge, skills and understanding to be able to work in a managerial role in the fast moving and exciting world of sport, together with the opportunity to channel your interests and aptitudes into one of four different pathways as you progress through the degree. The module content will allow you to reflect on the underlying business principles that help to sustain and develop the sport industry and there is a strong focus on entrepreneurship and strategic thinking which offers the potential for you to define and develop your own ideas for sport related products and services. These principles are underpinned by management theory and practice applied in a wide range of sport related settings.

Year one consists of six modules, two of which are common across the whole of the sports related offer at Cardiff Met. These core modules focus on helping to shape your professional and academic skills whilst also gaining some professional qualifications from the outset. The other four modules are all compulsory and consider the contexts in which sport management takes place and helps to ensure that a fundamental understanding is gained of the global sporting landscape; the sporting consumer; the environments in which sport takes place and the business of sport.

Level 4 (year one)

Research and Scholarship
Professional Development
Global Sports Industry
The Sport Consumer
Sport Marketing and Communication
Managing Sport and Physical Activity
Options:

Dwyiethrwydd (billingualism)
Progression to year two affords the opportunity to start to tailor your programme to your chosen areas of interest. You can begin to focus on one of four pathways – research and insight, community sport, elite sport or sports administration and governance. Projects on the compulsory modules can be designed to align with these pathways and complement the more specific nature of the option modules.

The compulsory modules build on the knowledge and understanding gained in year one but focus on the more functional aspects of managing sport such as enterprise, marketing and managing people. All these aspects of managing sport are underpinned with work related learning opportunities, largely based around the excellent facilities, events and activities offered on campus to the students, staff and the local community.

Level 5 (year two)

Research Design and Practice
Professional Placement
Enterprise in Sport and Health
Applied Marketing and Communications
Managing People
Options:

Sport Policy and Insight
Sport and Physical Activity Participation
Managing Events
Business of Sport

The final year allows continued exploration of the pathways introduced in year two but with more flexibility in relation to the options followed. The opportunity to further develop your professional identity is provided through a work based learning module which operates in partnership with a range of industry organisations, regionally, nationally and internationally. With operational issues having been a focus in year two, you will now consider the higher order strategic, socio-cultural, political, ethical, governance and financial aspects of running sport which runs in parallel with the development of your own critical and analytical skills, important in more senior roles. This final year focuses upon developing you as an independent, reflective learner who can take control of your development and ensure that it aligns with your first step into graduate employment or further study.

Level 6 (year three)

Final project
Industry Placement
Strategic Management
Economics of Sport
Options:

Contemporary Issues in Policy Development
Sport Consultancy
Planning for Sport
Managing High Performance Sport
Strategic Sport Event Management
Global Sport Governance
Digital Sports Marketing

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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