About Sport Management & Leadership (with Internship Opportunities)* Masters - Msc/pgd/pgc in Cardiff Metropolitan University

Course Overview

​This is a contemporary programme targeted at professionals and practitioners working in the sport and leisure industry who wish to develop their leadership practice and/or seek new opportunities. The programme is equally attractive to recent graduates as well as international students seeking to develop their knowledge and employment potential (via a supervised placement or consulting internship) and who wish to study at Wales's premier University for sport.

​Course Content​​

Drawing on management and leadership perspectives the programme critically examines the sport and leisure industry, its context and current challenges. There is a clear focus on applied and experiential learning. This is achieved by drawing extensively on sports organisations operating across all sectors of the industry and on using external speakers who are experts in their field to bring real life issues and challenges into the lecture setting. A high quality experience is provided with teaching undertaken in small groups and an emphasis on interaction and group work.

All students study five core modules, which embrace key management and leadership topics as well as research skills and the development of a personal leadership plan. The contact teaching time for each 20 credit module is usually four days with some additional days allocated for induction and presentations.  There are three option modules and students can decide which one of these they wish to undertake. Completion of the MSc requires students to undertake a sustained and significant piece of research either as a traditional dissertation or a final project.

Learning & Teaching​

Students will normally experience both tutor-led learning (interactive lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials) and self-directed methods of learning; emphasis is placed upon the skills of increased independence and critical reflection encouraging positive attitudes towards lifelong learning. Students also have access to a nominated personal tutor (usually their Programme Director) throughout their time as a Postgraduate student in the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences.

Modules are not primarily delivered through e-learning but are well supported by the various learning and assessment tools available on the University's virtual learning environment (VLE). The VLE is extensively used in the school to make learning material and resources available. In additional VLE is also used in both formative and summative assessments and finally to communicate with students. Students also receive support via email as well as face-to-face assistance as appropriate.

Employability & Careers​

The programme is directed towards employability both in terms of developing and enhancing the careers of those already working in the sport sector and preparing immediate graduates and those seeking a change in their career to be competitive in the employment market. There is an emphasis on developing personal management and leadership skills and we encourage students to work together to develop and hone these.

The Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences has always seen the employability of its postgraduates as one of the central themes that inform the design and delivery of our programmes. This remains the case for the MSc Sport Management and Leadership programme.

Generally, many of our modes of delivery, class based tasks and assessment strategies enable students to experience the context, case formulation and skills associated with the work-based environment of a contemporary sport manager or leader within a controlled and safe educational setting.

More specifically, students are able to choose a 20 optional taught credits module entitled Supervised Placement (SSP7129) which provides up to 180 hours of work based learning.

Additionally and typically, a number of our enrolled students are in employment and the programme learning environment and interactive style of delivery enables them to share and transfer their applied work based learning insights and demonstrate these in assessments.

The programme also provides an excellent springboard for students wishing to progress to MPhil/PhD study and further their development within a post graduate research context.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Postsecondary diploma or a degree or 2–3 year diploma (media-related is desired)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :      6.0 overall* with no sub score lower than 5.5
• PTE         :      Overall - 52, Reading - 51, Speaking - 51,Listening - 51,Writing - 51

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Cardiff Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Personal requirements including books charge a different fee according to the course.