Introduction

Behind every story of sporting, excellence is the often-untold story of skilled planning and strong management. Throughout the course, students will develop a strong working knowledge of management theory and practice. The course has been co-designed by leading industry professionals and academics to ensure students graduate with relevant and contemporary sport management skills. With a strong focus on work-integrated learning with practical outcomes for industry partners, students will be prepared to enter the rapidly growing global industry that is the management of sport.

The course covers aspects of the sport from grassroots community levels through to studying high-performance sport management at Olympic level. The degree takes students through the journey of sport from an amateur past time to the evolution of the globalised, commercialised, and professionalised industry that it is today.