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Canterbury Christ Church University

UCAS Code: C620 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Entry requirements

A level

B,B,C

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Access to HE Diploma

D:15,M:30

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

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UCAS Tariff

112

About this course

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Sports management

**Develop your understanding of the key strategic and organisational challenges and opportunities for sport nationally and internationally**

During the course you’ll cover the core elements of business in sport, such as business and strategic management, governance, leadership and policy and how these can be applied to sport management.

You’ll gain a solid grasp of the wider context of sport management, such as the community, physical activity and wellbeing, culture and society, and coaching.

Our career planning and development and employability modules will help you gain the skills required for a successful career in this growing sector.

**Top reasons to study with us**

• 5th in the UK for the quality of teaching in the subject area of Sports Science. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
• We have been offering sport and exercise science courses for over 35 years, making us one of the longest standing providers of sports courses in the UK.
• You’ll benefit from specialist facilities in our new multi-million-pound Verena Holmes Building. Equipment in our dedicated labs include, eye tracker technology, brain imaging equipment, reaction timers, gas analysis systems, and an altitude chamber.
• If you are talented at sport, you can apply for one of our sport scholarships. As a Sport Scholar, you would enjoy a financial bursary, University gym membership, personal training, mentoring, and sports science support.
• You’ll have the opportunity to work within our consultancy unit, SportsLab, using your expertise to help athletes improve their performance.
• Our multi-million-pound Sports Centre has the latest fitness equipment and offers gym and recreational sport memberships, a full range of fitness classes, and a personal training service.
• You’ll have access to our joint specialist facility, Polo Farm Sports Club. Just a short distance from the Canterbury Campus, the facilities include three floodlit hockey pitches, an indoor tennis centre, outdoor tennis courts and a spacious sports hall, specialising in netball, hockey and cricket.

**Specialist facilities**

You’ll have access to specialist resources and equipment, including eye tracker technology, brain imaging equipment (EEG), reaction timers, gas analysis systems, cardiac screening equipment, 3D imaging; isokinetic and balance dynamometry, sprint timing systems and other sport/exercise related equipment, such as treadmills and weights.

**Location**

This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

**Modules**

For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£9,535
per year
England
£9,535
per year
EU
£15,500
per year
International
£15,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,535
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,535
per year
Scotland
£9,535
per year
Wales
£9,535
per year

The Uni

Course location:

Canterbury Christ Church University

Department:

School of Human and Life Sciences

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if the overall teaching satisfaction score here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

86%
Sports management

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Teaching and learning

89%
Staff make the subject interesting
93%
Staff are good at explaining things
88%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
89%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

85%
Library resources
81%
IT resources
77%
Course specific equipment and facilities
72%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

88%
UK students
12%
International students
26%
Male students
74%
Female students
54%
2:1 or above
29%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
B

After graduation

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What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

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Average annual salary
95%
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Employed or in further education
65%
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Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

30%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
13%
Secretarial and related occupations
13%
Other administrative occupations

This course sits in a wide group of smaller subjects that don't necessarily have that much in common - so bear this in mind when you look at any employment data. Most graduates took a hospitality, events management or tourism-related course, but there are a group of sports and leisure graduates in here as well who do different things. Events management was the most common job for graduates from this group of subjects, and so it’s no surprise that graduates from specialist events management courses did better last year than many of the other graduates under this subject umbrella - but all did about as well as graduates on average or a little better. If you want to find out more about specific job paths for your chosen subject area, it's a good idea to go on open days and talk to tutors about what previous graduates went on to do, or to have a look at university department websites.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

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