Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management

Love sport? Get a head start your career with practical experience and the widest range of sport and recreation management courses available at any New Zealand university.

Sport and recreation are vital parts of sustaining our wellbeing. The sector is expanding fast and there is high demand for quality graduates. Lincoln University’s specialised Sport and Recreation Management will grow your knowledge and expertise, and expand your abilities across strategic management, marketing, event planning, sport science and a range of different recreation approaches and disciplines.

How you’ll grow

• From the widest range of sport and recreation courses offered by any New Zealand university.
• Learn practical management, planning, and leadership approaches in sport and recreation.
• Develop an evidence-backed foundation in sport and recreation theory.
• Work with industry experts and experience the growth and change of the industry first-hand.
• Including an 120-hour internship co-ordinated to match your own interests along with employers’ needs, helping you get a foot in the door.

Career opportunities

Our graduates are in-demand across the sport and recreation industry. You’ll prepare yourself for a career as a:

• Sports Development Officer
• Marketing and Communications Officer
• Community Sports or Engagement Advisor
• Sports Facility Manager or Consultants
• Secondary School Head of Sport
• Parks and Recreation Planner
• Park Ranger
• Outdoor Recreation Leader
• Event Manager
• Sport Club Manager or Gym Manager.

> Sport and Recreation is growing fast globally, diversifying into new strategies and disciplines that nurture the quality of our lives.

Graduate Attributes

Graduate Attributes refer to the knowledge, skills, and values that you gain from completing your qualification. These high-level qualities will prepare you for career success, further study or research and making a valuable contribution to society in your chosen field.

Knowledge

• Describe the structure of the sport and recreation sector and various career opportunities and pathways.
• Discuss the key theoretical principles underlying the practice of sport and recreation management.
• Describe the professional skills and attributes required of those practicing within the sport and recreation industry, including the key requirements of self-reflection and direction.
• Critically discuss contemporary issues in sport and recreation provision and management, and the theoretical concepts needed to address and resolve such issues.

Skills

• Be creative, synthesise knowledge, and think creatively through problem solving and research.
• Exercise personal and time management.
• Evaluate key social scientific concepts which underpin sport and recreation policy and provision in New Zealand, including the institutional and legislative framework within which they are embedded.
• Exercise independent judgement.
• Communicate effectively.
• Relate to people from a wide range of backgrounds and communities.
• Select and apply techniques for sport and recreation planning and programming in different settings.
• Select and apply appropriate management, planning, communication, educational or research skills and techniques to specific sport and recreational needs and settings.

Values

• Appreciate the benefits of continued learning through life.
• Commit to a professional standard of behaviour based on professional ethics and conduct.
• Appreciate the requirements for working as an interdisciplinary team.
• Appreciate the significance of gender, ethnicity and equity issues.