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Degree Programme Table: Sport Management (BSc Hons) (UTSPMGTBSCH)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students are allowed to select outside language courses from Level 7.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Sport Industry
SPRT08027 20 credits
Sport Marketing and Sponsorship
SPRT08029 20 credits
Sport History
SPRT08032 20 credits
Sport and Society
SPRT08028 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
AND

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.
Our Changing World
BIME08006 20 credits
Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)
EDUA08116 20 credits
Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric
EDUA08126 20 credits
Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world
EDUA08127 20 credits
Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030
EFIE08008 20 credits
Living in the Anthropocene
GESC08004 20 credits
Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World
SSPS08012 20 credits
Healthy Eating for People and Planet
VETS08016 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Sport Operations Management
SPRT08033 20 credits
Events Management
SPRT08026 20 credits
Sport Management Research Methods
SPRT08031 20 credits
Sport Management Placement
SPRT08030 40 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
OR

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.
Our Changing World
BIME08006 20 credits
Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)
EDUA08116 20 credits
Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric
EDUA08126 20 credits
Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world
EDUA08127 20 credits
Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030
EFIE08008 20 credits
Living in the Anthropocene
GESC08004 20 credits
Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World
SSPS08012 20 credits
Healthy Eating for People and Planet
VETS08016 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Strategic Sport Management
SPRT10063 20 credits
Sport and Communication
SPRT10047 20 credits
Sport Management Advanced Research Methods
SPRT10062 20 credits
Critical Sociological Analyses of Sport
SPRT10059 20 credits
Sports Development
SPRT10012 20 credits

Course options

Sport Management Year 3

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Sport, Tourism, and Heritage
SPRT10055 20 credits
Sport and Technology
SPRT10057 20 credits
Sport, Education and Social Justice
SPRT10058 20 credits
The Dark Sides of Sport
SPRT10066 20 credits
Sport, Physical Activity and Public Health
SPRT10067 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Sport, Media and Ideology
SPRT10061 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sport Management
SPRT10064 20 credits
Sport Industry in a Global Context
SPRT10056 20 credits
Sport Management Dissertation
SPRT10065 40 credits

Course options

Sport Management Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Sport, Tourism, and Heritage
SPRT10055 20 credits
Sport and Technology
SPRT10057 20 credits
Sport, Education and Social Justice
SPRT10058 20 credits
Sport and Social Enterprise
SPRT10060 20 credits
The Dark Sides of Sport
SPRT10066 20 credits
Sport, Physical Activity and Public Health
SPRT10067 20 credits
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