BSc (Hons) Sport and Leisure Business Management at Solent University

This challenging and professional course delivers all the skills you’ll need to start, develop and succeed in a career in sport and leisure management. Endorsed by CIMSPA, Solent's Sport and Leisure Business Management course introduces you to a challenging multidisciplinary body of skills and knowledge and enables you to apply management theories to a wide range of issues within the traditional sport, leisure, recreation and physical activity industry, and across more diverse and specialised areas of the wider industry, such as outdoor and adventure recreation, health and fitness, football and business, events, hospitality, and tourism.

Faculty: Sport and fitness  |  Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and industry years  |  Study mode: full-time (placement year option)  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Introduction to Sport and Leisure Industries, Strategic Business Principles, Sport and Leisure in Society, Like and Subscribe: Marketing and Branding, Facilities, Finance and Operations, Event Management, Research Skills and Data Analysis, Community Partnership Projects, Contemporary Issues and Sustainable Management, Policy, Practice and Ethical Leadership, People Management and Business Start-up, Sport and Leisure Research Project.

Career pathways

Graduates of sport related undergraduate degree programmes are favoured across many industry settings due to the unique skill sets they hold. Teamwork, verbal communication and networking, and leadership are aspects of soft skills highly valued by employers.

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