Degree Transfer Program Extended (Business and Economics), Leading to Bachelor of Business Majoring in Sport Management Kaplan Group - The University of Adelaide College, Australia

Degree Transfer Program Extended

Our specialised Degree Transfer Programs are equivalent to the first year of a bachelor’s degree at university. You can follow your path to a range of business, IT, computer science, science undergraduate degrees and more when you join the second year of university.

Program Benefits

• Learn content relevant to your university degree and receive full credit for all university-level courses.
• You’ll be provided with English language and learning support to assist you while you’re studying the Degree Transfer Program.
• As our graduate, you won’t be required to provide further evidence of your English language proficiency.
• You’ll have the flexibility of studying a Degree Transfer Program in one of three formats: extended, standard or accelerated.

Leading to: Bachelor of Business 

Build the power skills necessary to succeed in the future of business. Be equipped with core knowledge across essential disciplines of business including accounting, people management, marketing, decision-making and corporate law. Learn to navigate dynamic global business environments and consider broad societal challenges. You’ll emerge as an independent, curious learner capable of solving problems.  

Choose a second major from a range of business disciplines and have the freedom to align your studies to your career goals. 

Experience contemporary learning across your degree with community and industry engagement. Real-world projects and case studies are woven into the curriculum, enhancing your employability. You’ll have opportunities to explore professional pathways in sectors aligned with your interests.

Major: Sport Management

Arm yourself to excel in sport management with an industry-informed business degree. Gain the skills needed to manage and coordinate major sporting events and community recreation. 

You’ll build core knowledge across essential business disciplines including accounting, economics, people management, marketing, strategic decision-making, emerging technology and business law. You will develop the ‘power skills’ necessary to succeed in the industry and emerge as a creative, agile, and innovative professional. 

Learning experiences across the degree are underpinned by genuine community and industry engagement. Real-world projects and case studies are woven into the curriculum, enhancing your employability. In your second- and third-year studies, you’ll engage in experiential learning through specialised sport practicums.

What you'll learn

You will study core courses across essential disciplines of business including accounting, economics, people management, marketing principles, strategic decision making and business law.  

Develop an understanding of sport and recreation governance, structure and delivery, including income generation, volunteer management and the legislative frameworks underpinning such organisations. You will explore the importance of health in society, the role sport and recreation play in quality of life, and how local governments plan recreation opportunities for their communities. 

You’ll delve into the commercial operations of sports organisations, examining their funding and management, and analyse sporting organisation leadership and governance frameworks. 

Explore the athletic journey from grassroots participation to elite level sports, developing an understanding of the management requirement to facilitate this process.  

You’ll unpack the digitalisation of sport. What is the role of social media? How is sport managed and analysed in the digital realm? Will e-sports change the game?  

Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset by learning the necessary theory. Build your confidence to innovate and take calculated risks. Explore bias and power dynamics. Develop negotiation and mediation skills. You’ll be exposed to concepts of identity, diversity, equity and inclusion to foster cross-cultural skills.  

In your second- and third-year studies, you’ll engage in Work Integrated Learning through specialised sports practicums.