The three-year course has a scientific and practical approach and equips students for better involvement in sports codes. The course is a combination of Sport Science, Management and coaching subjects. Exposure to and participation in competitions, meetings and sporting activities are included in the course.
Type: undergraduate diploma
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Sport Science
- Sport Management
- Marketing
- Fitness Studies
- Methodology of Coaching
- Child Kinetics
- Recreation
- Coaching and Refereeing
- Communication
Second year subjects:
- Sport Science
- Sport Management
- Marketing
- Fitness Studies
- End User Computing
- Intro. Accounting
- Child Kinetics
- Recreation
- Coaching and Refereeing
Third year subjects:
- Sport Science
- Sport Management
- Sport Tourism
- Fitness Studies
- Economics
- Research Methods
- Child Kinetics
- Recreation
- Coaching and Refereeing
Careers: sport manager, personal trainer, coach.
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