C09005v6 Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Events and Leisure

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 leisure 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 leisure management.

Career options

Career options include activities and cultural events coordinator at a university or college; manager or administrator in leisure, tourism, sports, entertainment or the arts; marketing of sport and leisure; outdoor recreation promotion; and recreation planner/manager in local government.

Course duration and attendance

The course is normally completed in one year of full-time 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 facilitate completion of the honours research thesis.

In choosing electives, students may:

• substitute subject 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 UTS: Business or elsewhere in the University.

Other information

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