BA (Hons) Golf Management at University of the Highlands and Islands

BA (Hons) Golf Management is a four-year degree based at the Dornoch campus near the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, combining golfing and management subjects with a focus on management within a golf context. It includes work placements in each of years 2 to 4, state-of-the-art indoor golf facilities and teaching by PGA professionals. Year four can be studied online.

Duration: Full time: 4 years; part time: 8 years  |  Intake: September (full time); January (part-time study only)  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers activity performance and skills acquisition, introduction to business, enterprise and marketing, introduction to golf management and professional practice for the golf industry. Year 2 covers event planning, golf club manager functions and responsibilities, golf course maintenance and design, management accounting, retailing and a work placement. Year 3 covers developing entrepreneurial effectiveness, marketing communications, research skills, sustainable niche tourism, understanding visitor behaviour and an industry work placement. Year 4 covers a niche professional business analysis, a professional practice work placement, a dissertation or business venture plan, and options such as business strategy and strategic marketing.

Career pathways

Golf club secretary or manager, golf resort director of golf or operations manager, golf tournament and event management, management of other leisure and sports facilities, and golf tourism or entrepreneurship. Progression to the PgCert Management in Golf with an honours classification of 2:2 or above.

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