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Sport Studies Handbook

In the era of the fitness entrepreneur, sport has become even more significant and pervasive in our society. The sport industry places unique demands on its personnel and increasingly requires specialized training. Jobs in the sport industry involve myriad skills applicable to the sport setting and specific to the increasingly complex and multi-faceted areas it represents.

Mission

To promote the skills – cognitive, technical and human – of students in order to provide the community with manpower committed to enhancing the efficiency of the sport industry.
To equip the students with the study skills and abilities for long-term learning and to develop their leadership capacity.
The Department will actively pursue new knowledge through research, conference attendance and meetings with the sport industry, which would update the appropriate courses of the programme.

Departments

Head of Department:
Mr B Maharaj
Tel: 031 373 5375
Location: ML Sultan Campus

  • To encourage graduates to engage in Sport Management research.
  • To advance the use of new technologies and knowledge by encouraging the students to apply the skills developed by the programme.
  • To continually encourage both students and staff to use and apply the new technologies and knowledge to sport organizations.
  • To actively promote the Department in conjunction with the institute as a regional centre of excellence with respect to Sport Management studies.
  • To utilize the latest technological means of communication to disseminate knowledge to both students and the sport industry.

Personal Qualities Required

The Sport Manager is the dynamic, life-giving element in the sport industry. Without their leadership, participants will never acheive their full potential. In the highly competitive sport industry, the performance and quality of the Sport Manager will determine the success and survival of the sport organization that they represent.

The Sport Manager must be a well-organised individual and must possess the ability to communicate and interact with all the stakeholders. In addition, they must also be decisive as well as patient, have the ability to interact with people, and integrity with good leadership qualities.

Entry Requirements (Subject to change)

Point entry requirement: 24 points (no doubling of points)
Students need to be sportsmen/women.

A Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification with a minimum of English (Higher Grade D, Standard Grade C) or English Assessment test. The department has also set additional entrance requirements based on merit selection.