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Course Details

Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and Coaching

Course code: BN020 Entry Route into programme:
  • Leaving Certificate
  • Mature grounds
  • Special circumstances
  • FETAC graduates
  • Certificate in General Studies
Duration: 3 years
NFQ level: 7
Method of application: CAO
Schedule: Full time
Award title: Bachelor of Arts
Credits for Full Award: 120 @ NFQ Level 6; 60 NFQ Level 7
Awarding Body: ITB Transfer and Progression:
BN412 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sports Management and Coaching

Minimum Entry Requirements

The minimum entry requirements for standard entrants are a pass in five subjects (ordinary level) in the Leaving Certificate, to include Mathematics and English or Irish, or an equivalent qualification. Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Foundation Level (at gradeB2 or higher) counts as a subject towards the five passes. The points awarded for Foundation Level Mathematics (at grade B2 or higher) are as follows:

A1 = 20 points A2 = 15 points
B1 = 10 points B2 = 5 points

A grade E in Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Higher Level counts as a subject towards the five passes, however no points will be awarded for this grade.

Mature students may be admitted without meeting these formal minimum requirements. The minimum entry requirements for graduates of FETAC Level 5 or6 awards is any full award.

Course Content

Year 1
Semester 1
  • Coaching Theory and Practice 1
  • Long Term Athelete Development 1
  • Anatomy & Physiology 1
  • Contemporary Sports Management 1
  • Accounting 1
  • Business Information Systems
Semester 2
  • Coaching Children
  • Long Term Athelete Development 2
  • Anatomy & Physiology 2
  • Contemporary Sports Management 2
  • Accounting 2
  • Communication Skills
Year 2
Semester 3
  • Coaching and Exercise Psychology 1
  • Speed and Agility 1
  • Exercise Physiology 1
  • Sports Marketing 1
  • Regulatory Environment
  • Electronic Commerce
Semester 4
  • Coaching and Exercise Psychology 2
  • Programme Development and Exercise Progression
  • Exercise Physiology 2
  • Sports Marketing 2
  • Cost Benefit Analysis & Decision Making
  • Information Management
Year 3
Semester 5
  • Coaching Special Populations
  • Plyometrics and Olympic Lifts 1
  • Nutrition
  • Sports Club Operations Management
  • Professional Skills and Life Coaching
  • Selling and Sales Management
Semester 6
  • Personal Training
  • Periodisation and Olympic Lifts 2
  • Performance Analysis
  • Human Resource Management
  • Financial Management
  • Enterprise Development

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What our students say...

Robert McCarthy

"I prefer the sports but the business part is good as well. When I finish this course I will have the business and sports qualification. People will be much more likely to consider you if you have both. We can go into anything to do with business & sport. It's a huge industry, there's loads of opportunities. The sports market is getting bigger & bigger all the time"

Robert McCarthy,
BA (Honours) in Sports Management and Coaching Student

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