Economics - Management, Technological fields

Management of sports and leisure organizations

  • ECTS

    180 credits

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Training structure

    IUT Nîmes

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

"Make your passion for sports your profession

(quote from Pierre de Coubertin)

The economic fabric being composed of more than 90% of small and medium-sized businesses in the tertiary sector, the training meets the expectations of these organizations. This license is part of the reform of the sports professions initiated by the Ministry of Sports and relayed locally by the one-stop sports shops or networks such as the "Groupement national sport et loisirs", a partner of the training.

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Objectives

To train future managers and project managers in the sports and leisure sector, capable of joining a team in charge of projects and assisting the manager of a club, association or equipment manufacturer.

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Know-how and skills

Skills acquired:

  • Participate in the development of strategic and decision-making aspects,
  • Collaborate within a team Intervene on legal and financial aspects,
  • Communicate with the media and/or various partners,
  • Plan the organization of sports and leisure activities for specific audiences, environments and objects,
  • Mastering digital tools and foreign languages (English),
  • Marketing in sports organizations and events,
  • Strategy design,
  • Law applied to sports management.
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Organization

Knowledge control

The control of knowledge is continuous.

A written report and a final defense are held in September before a jury of teachers and professionals.

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Program

The degree is available in alternating and continuing education. The training schedule is identical for all.

Teaching takes place over 16 weeks and is provided jointly by higher education teachers and professionals from the sector. Refresher modules are organized at the beginning of the academic year and concern finance, accounting and law.

An exchange of tutored projects is scheduled at the beginning of the training with a presentation of missions by the sport and leisure structures. The tutored project itself is the subject of a defense with the constitution of a written report for April.

The content of the training is as follows:

TEACHING UNITS
The training is organized by teaching units (UE).

UE1 ENVIRONMENTS AND FUNDAMENTAL LANGUAGES 150H / 15ECTS

  • 1.1 European political, economic and socio-cultural aspects
  • 1.2 Law and taxation
  • 1.3 LV1 English
  • 1.4 Management information systems
  • 1.5 Interpersonal relations and communication

UE2 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 150H / 15ECTS

  • 2.1 Company strategy
  • 2.2 Finance
  • 2.3 Accounting - Management control
  • 2.4 HRM and organization
  • 2.5 Marketing

EU3 SPECIFICITIES OF THE SPORTS AND LEISURE SECTOR 150 H / 15ECTS

  • 3.1 Economics of Sport and Recreation
  • 3.2 Law and taxation of the sports company
  • 3.3 Sport Marketing
  • 3.4 Management of sports projects

UE4 TUTORED PROJECT 150H

  • 4.1 Better knowledge of jobs by function
  • 4.2 Learning to work in a team

UE5 INTERNSHIP IN FRANCE OR ABROAD 16 WEEKS

  • 5.1 Workplace Immersion
  • 5.2 Using and putting into perspective the concepts and methods studied

Assessment of knowledge: The course provides for continuous assessment of knowledge, the writing of a thesis and a defense before a jury composed of teachers and professionals involved in the course.

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Admission

Target audience

This training is intended for BAC + 2:

  • Tertiary DUT
  • L2 STAPS, AES, economic sciences, law,
  • BTS tertiary, computer management, management assistant SME/SMI, MUC, accounting and management of organizations,
  • Validation of Acquired Experience from the above-mentioned fields
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And then

Professional integration

The license prepares students to integrate the functions of:
➔ executive sports and leisure sectors (commercial or service companies),
➔ manager of associations,
➔ manager of sports clubs,
➔ project manager in event communication,
➔ executive in the distribution and sports industry,
➔ sports and leisure expert in local authorities (attaché and territorial advisor of the APS).

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