Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Recreation and Sport Management
Course code: WD051
What is the Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Recreation & Sport Management course?
This is a one year add on degree from the Bachelor of Business in Recreation & Sport Management. It allows graduates to specialise in specific areas of the leisure industry.
Career Opportunities
- Specialist positions in the leisure industry
- Event Management / Marketing
- Sports Organisations
- National Governing Bodies
- Sports Development Officers
- Coaching
- Teaching
Follow on Study
- MA in Sports Psychology
- Postgraduate Research
Course Outline
| Semester 1 | |
| Recreation & Leisure Options | Business Options |
| International Perspectives on Policy & Practice in Sport Therapeutic Recreation Performance & Analysis in Sport Physical Activity Health & Lifestyle Issues in Outdoor Recreation Mgt Recreation planning & Technology Community Recreation |
Recreation Business Policy
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| Semester 2 | |
| Recreation & Leisure Options | Business Options |
| Contemporary issues in Sport & Leisure Recreation for Special Populations Performance Psychology Principles of Health & Health promotion Adventure Tourism Recreation Management Issues Sports Development Policy & Planning |
Strategic Leisure Management
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Students select three modules from recreation and leisure options and two modules from Business options plus dissertation. | |
Course Facts
Course Title: Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Recreation & Sport Management
Course Code: WD051
Course Level: 8
Duration: 1 year add-on
Course Entry
Holders of a Bachelor of Business in Recreation & Sport Management or equivalent may apply for entry to the programme (subject to availability of places).
A 20-hour bridging studies course is run in September prior to the beginning of the course. The bridging studies prepare students for their own research work and to assist in the selection of electives. This course is a compulsory requirement for all students accepted onto the honours degree programme.
For further information:
Course Leader: Jack Bergin
Email: jbergin@wit.ie
But don't just take our word...
“I graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Business in Sport and Recreation from WIT. I worked in a hotel leisure centre for a short period of time before taking a position as an instructor on a FÁS Sport and Recreation course. I returned to WIT in 1995 to take the BA (Hons) in Recreation and Leisure. The introduction of the add-on Degree was a very important stepping-stone for me in my lecturing career. On graduating I returned to my job with FÁS before taking up a part-time position lecturing in WIT. I completed an MSc in the Sociology of Sport and Sport Management in 2001 and I took up a full-time lecturing position in Sport and Recreation with Athlone I.T.
The sport and recreation lecturing staff were both professional and friendly and always had an open door policy to the students. I very much enjoyed my time in WIT and many of the friends I made remain close friends to this day”.
Joe Meegan, BA (Hons) in Recreation & Leisure
(now Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Recreation and Sport Management)
