Graduate Certificate in Sport Management

The GraduateCertificate in SportManagement is designed to provide students with introductory knowledge and skills to work with sporting teams, clubs, players and events.

The program has been designed to achieve an integrated knowledge base using an evidence-based, case study approach.

Students gain a strong foundation in required sport management sub-disciplines including finance, high-performance sport, organisational behaviour, and international sport business management.

Successful graduates from thiscertificate program are eligible to enrol in the Graduate Diploma in SportManagement.

This certificate program is useful for graduates from other cognate areas with ambitions to enter into the field of sport management.

It is also appropriate for professionals seeking to upgrade their qualifications, and/or to achieve a career change from another field into the diverse sport industry.

The Graduate Certificate of Sport Management program comprises 4 subjects, as follows:

Directed elective subjects (4)(students must complete four (4) of the following subjects)

• ENFB71-104 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• FINC71-600 Managerial Finance
• HRTM71-209 Event Management
• LAWS77-521 Global Sports Law and Governance 
• MGMT71-104 Managing People
• MGMT71-311 Managing Strategic Change
• MKTG71-600 Marketing Fundamentals
• SPMT71-124 International Sport Business
• SPMT71-125 Managing High Performance Sport
• STAT71-102 Analysis and Application

Please visit BBS Program Structure and Sequencing for guidance on study plans.

The Bond University Graduate Certificate in Sport Management is designed to challenge students to critically analyse the growing interaction between sport, business and the international arena. 

For those already employed in sport, successful completion of the Graduate Certificate may build on your existing skills, education and training to enable your transition to the next career level. Alternatively, for those seeking to crack into the growing international sport industry, the Graduate Certificate is an opportunity to build industry-relevant knowledge and skill sets so that you are competitively positioned for employment. Successful completion also makes you eligible to enrol in the Graduate Diploma in Sport Management and subsequent Master of Sport Management. Subjects completed in the Graduate Certificate are credited to the Diploma.