Bachelor of Business (Honours) Sport Management (with international placement)

Why take this course?

• On this course you take a compulsory 2 month work placement at the end of your second year. This placement can be taken in Ireland or abroad. You then take a second placement in your third year, which must be taken overseas and is six months in length. Placements are usually paid and there are opportunities to work in many different types of sporting organisations – from community to retail to sport development to coaching. We assist you finding a placement that matches your interests.
• The expertise of the lecturers in TUS involved in designing and delivering the course is extensive – all staff teaching on the course have excellent industry and academic backgrounds. Many teaching staff in the department are qualified up to master’s degree and doctoral level;
• The excellent teacher-student ratios provide learners with unrivalled access to lecturer expertise;
• The BBs (Hons) in Sport Management (with international placement) includes a mixture of classroom and practical classes. These are taught in our state-of-the-art facilities.
• Over the past 10 years TUS Athlone Campus has developed into one of the premier sports facilities in the Midlands. TUS currently has both indoor and outdoor IAAF approved running tracks, a FIFA standard astro-turf pitch, two GAA pitches, a multipurpose sports hall and a state of the art fitness centre.
• TUS Athlone Campus has offered a sport scholarship programme for over 10 years. This is administered by TUS’s sports department and enquires should be made directly to them at 090-6468222.

What will I experience?

Subjects taught on the B.B. (Hons) Sport Management (with international placement) are diverse and typical topics covered include (among others):

• Year 1: Sport Administration, Sport Studies, Accounting, Business Management, Wet Facility Management, Sport Coaching, Anatomy and Physiology

• Year 2: Work Placement (can be local or overseas), IT, Accounting, Marketing, Facility Management, Exercise and Fitness, Lifestyle Development;

• Year 3: Work Placement (must be overseas) Human Resource Management, Accounting, Sport Development, Sport Tourism Studies

• Year 4: Strategic, Marketing and Financial Management, Dissertation, Event Management, Management of Sport and Physical Activities. Students are awarded a B.B. (Hons) Sport Management (with international placement) degree at the end of Year 4. At this stage, students can progress if they wish to a further one year of study, where they will receive an MBS.