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 sport your profession".

(quote from Pierre de Coubertin)

As over 90% of the economic fabric is made up of small and medium-sized businesses in the tertiary sector, the course is designed to meet the needs of these organizations. This license is part of the reform of the sports professions initiated by the French Ministry of Sport and relayed locally by the "guichets uniques sports" or networks such as the "Groupement national sport et loisirs", a partner of the course.

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Objectives

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,
  • Work as part of a team Intervene in legal and financial matters,
  • Communicate with the media and/or various partners,
  • Plan the organization of sports and leisure activities for specific audiences, environments and objects,
  • Proficiency in 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

Assessment is continuous.

A written report and final presentation is made in September to a jury of teachers and professionals.

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Program

The bachelor's degree is open to sandwich courses and continuing education. The training calendar is identical for all.

The 16-week course is taught jointly by university lecturers and industry professionals. Refresher modules are organized at the beginning of the academic year, covering finance, accounting and law.

At the start of the course, a tutorial project fair is scheduled, with sports and leisure organizations presenting their projects. The tutored project itself is the subject of an oral presentation, with a written report due in April.

The course content is as follows:

TEACHING UNITS
Training is organized into teaching units (TU).

UE1 FUNDAMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND 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 Corporate strategy
  • 2.2 Finance
  • 2.3 Accounting - Management control
  • 2.4 HRM and organization
  • 2.5 Marketing

UE3 SPECIFICITIES OF THE SPORTS AND LEISURE SECTOR 150 H / 15ECTS

  • 3.1 Sports and leisure economy
  • 3.2 Law and taxation of sports companies
  • 3.3 Sports marketing
  • 3.4 Sports project management

UE4 TUTORED PROJECT 150H

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

UE5 INTERNSHIP IN FRANCE OR ABROAD 16 WEEKS

  • 5.1 Immersion in a professional environment
  • 5.2 Using and putting into perspective the concepts and methods studied

Assessment of knowledge: The course includes continuous assessment of knowledge, a dissertation and a viva before a jury made up of teachers and professionals involved in the course.

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Admission

Target audience

This course is designed for students with 2 years of higher education:

  • tertiary DUT
  • L2 STAPS, AES, economics, law,
  • BTS tertiaire, IT management, assistant de gestion PME/PMI, MUC, accounting and management of organizations,
  • Validation of Acquired Experience from the above-mentioned sectors
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And then

Professional integration

The bachelor's degree prepares students to take on the roles of:
➔ sports and leisure sector executive (commercial or service companies),
➔ association manager,
➔ sports club manager,
➔ project manager in event communications,
➔ executive in sports distribution and industry,
➔ sports and leisure expert in local authorities (attaché and territorial APS advisor).

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