Sport Management and the Business of Football
Admissions tutor: Sean Hamil
The next decade has the potential to be 'a golden decade' for sport in the UK. A series of major sporting events, including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, have already been confirmed, while bids for other events, such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup, are also ongoing.
Our sports management and the business of football course is designed to give you the skills and expertise you need to compete in this area by combining specialist teaching about the football business and the principles and practice of sport management with general training in management, business organisation, strategy and research methods.
Find out more
- tel: 020 7631 6775
- email: postgrad@mbs.bbk.ac.uk
- More information at Birkbeck central course listings
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- MRes Sport Management and the Business of Football (Part-time)
- MRes Sport Management and the Business of Football (Full-time)
- MSc Sport Management and the Business of Football (Part-time)
- MSc Sport Management and the Business of Football (Full-time)
Course content
Following is a table outlining the modules you would take on these study programmes.
| MSc | MRes | |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | Research methods in management 1 | Research methods in management 1 |
| Module 2 | Principles of organization and management | Principles of organization and management |
| Module 3 | Research methods in management 2 | |
| Module 4 | Strategic sport marketing and the football industry | |
| Module 5 | The economics and governance of professional football | Strategic sport marketing and the football industry |
| Module 6 | Career development in the sport business industry | |
| Module 7 | Free choice from all postgraduate management modules | |
| Module 8 | Free choice from all postgraduate management modules | |
| Plus dissertation of 15,000 words | Plus dissertation of 25,000 words |
