Sport and Event Management

Course aim

To enable students to understand the structures and functions of sporting organisations and their role in the provision of sporting competitions and sports events.

Course content

This course will focus on the management of sporting organisations and sporting events. Students will appreciate the importance of all stakeholders, including government, sponsors, broadcasters, elite athletes and the sports consumer in the provision of sporting events. The event planning process, event delivery and the impacts associated with sporting events will be examined.

Textbook(s)

Greenwell, TC, Danzey-Bussell, LA & Shonk, D 2014, Managing sport events , Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of 36 units.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Workshop	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Essay, Group project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.