C09045v2 Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Sport and Exercise

Award(s): Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Sport and Exercise (BM(Hons))
CRICOS code: 053395D
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Faculty/institute responsible: Business

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Other information

Overview

The Honours program is designed to provide students with the resources to further develop and apply their research skills and to pursue special areas of interest in depth.

Course aims

The Honours program aims to develop, at an advanced undergraduate level, knowledge of sport and exercise management through research; facilitate the completion of a substantive research thesis which focuses on theory, applied/professional issues or some combination of these; provide a direct pathway to graduate-level study; and make contributions to knowledge in the field of sport and exercise management.

Career options

Career options include corporate health and fitness manager, events manager, health and fitness counsellor, sporting facility manager, sports coach, sports development officer, sports manager and sports marketer.

Additional admission requirements

Admission to the Honours program is open to students who have successfully completed the Bachelor of Management in Sport and Exercise (C10046), with a Credit average or better in the final two full-time semesters.

Graduates from other institutions who have completed a comparable course and who meet the academic criteria are also considered for admission.

In exceptional cases, consideration is given to applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Management in Sport and Exercise at Pass level. In such cases, outstanding professional achievements are taken into account. Each particular application in this category is considered on its merits.

Course duration and attendance

The Honours component is normally completed in one year of full-time study, or two years of part-time study. It is offered only at Kuring-gai campus.

Course structure

All students must complete three coursework subjects, each worth 6 credit points, and a major thesis of 30 credit points, totalling 48 credit points. The precise nature of each student's program is determined in consultation with the Honours Course Coordinator, with the aim being to choose those subjects that will facilitate completion of the Honours Research Thesis.

In choosing electives, students may:

substitute 27154 Readings for Thesis with an elective subject with the approval of the Course Coordinator
complete both elective subjects in the first semester
choose other senior undergraduate level subjects with the approval of the Course Coordinator. These subjects may be taken from other Schools within the Faculty or elsewhere in the University.

Course completion requirements

27154 Readings for Thesis		6cp
276901 Honours Thesis 1		15cp
276902 Honours Thesis 2		15cp
27941 Advanced Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism		6cp
CBK90108 Leisure, Sport and Tourism PG subjects		6cp
Total		48cp

Other information

Further information is available from the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism on:

telephone +61 2 9514 5497
http://www.business.uts.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/why_uts/