BA of Sport and Recreation Management

Why study this degree?

• During this four-year degree at The University of Notre Dame Australia, you will develop essential skills and knowledge in accounting, marketing, management, and communication. In addition, you will cover sport and recreation-specific content such as Events Management, Physical Activity and Health, Psycho-social Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity and The Australian Sports System and Communications & Media content such as Media and Society, and Media Ethics and Law.
• This program is designed to give you the skills to manage recreation and sporting organisations and staff and to adapt and thrive in rapid and pervasive economic, social and technological change environments. You will also learn how to manage an individual sporting and recreational agenda and, more broadly, oversee the community’s sports and recreational facilities and resources.
• As part of our commitment to delivering ethical and practical knowledge, students must complete six industry practicum courses totalling 350 hours over the span of their degree. This provides students with valuable insights into sports and recreation industries, an opportunity for skills development and a chance to build networks within the industry.
• Completing a degree in Communications & Media along with Sport & Recreation Management will complement your management skills with the ability to communicate using a variety of platforms to reach a broad and diverse audience. The Bachelor of Communications & Media lets you explore the principles and techniques of communications and media by examining and creating print, non-print and multimedia texts using traditional, new, and emerging media technologies. You can tailor the program to your particular interest by majoring in Journalism, Film and Screen Production or Photography.
• Upon graduation, you will have the skills necessary for a management position in the sport and recreation sector - initially at the operational level and progressing through to senior management positions. This means you can work in various industries and areas, including player and recreation centre management, professional sporting clubs, sporting and recreation associations, and various government departments dealing with health and recreation.

Learning outcomes

• Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management graduates will be able to:
• Exemplify the professional requirements in the area of Sport and Recreation Management in terms of ethical delivery of strategy, advice and services
• Apply theories and practice of Sport and Recreation Management
• Create and deploy effective business strategies in the Sport and Recreation Management industry
• Effectively analyse and manage ethical matters
• Employ critical reflection to encourage on-going learning to maintain and improve professional knowledge and skills
• Think critically, reason and use judgment preparation for their professional practice
• Use evidence based research in the preparation of professional analysis and advice
• Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Communications and Media graduates will be able to:
• Analyse the cultural, political, ethical and aesthetic contexts of media production including relevant international and intercultural perspectives
• Evaluate practical and theoretical knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more communications and media discipline areas
• Apply analytical, creative and practical skills in one or more media and communications industry contexts
• Integrate theory and practice in media and communication projects
• Communicate arguments and/or ideas in a range of forms
• Create innovative and practical solutions to communications problems, independently and, where appropriate, in collaboration with others; and
• Exemplify the creative and practical skills, and the ethical, legal and professional standards relevant to their chosen discipline area in the creation of media.