Department of Sports Management

Objectives

Sports tourism professionals…

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Learning Objectives

The courses have three objectives, which are developed through five areas of cross-disciplinary skills:

Objective 1: Strengthen the fundamentals of management;

Objective 2: Understand and learn about sports tourism: key players, challenges, and strategies;

Objective 3: To further develop skills in communication, marketing, and management.

  • Competency Area 1: Managing the operations of sports tourism businesses;
  • Competency Area 2: Managing resources and people. Adaptability and cross-functional collaboration;
  • Competency Area 3: Ensuring the quality of sports tourism services, both internally and for customers;
  • Competency Area 4: Marketing sports tourism products and services in line with societal changes;
  • Competency Area 5: Communicate and market effectively. Two internships help students apply what they’ve learned and build a professional network:

    Master's 1: 280-hour internship

    Master's Degree (Year 2): 700-hour internship

Career opportunities and targeted career paths:

The latest survey on career placement, conducted in 2016 among 103 graduates from 2009 to 2015, shows that 93% of students were employed upon completion of the Master 2 program. In addition, six graduates went on to start their own businesses. The speed of career placement is one of the strengths of the MTS Master’s program.

More than 60% of alumni say they are satisfied or very satisfied with their career situation.

Future managers will perform duties related to strategic and operational management in tourism and/or sports organizations in the private or public sector:

  • Project manager or development manager in the “source” or “destination” sectors: tour operators, recreational centers, vacation villages, outdoor lodging facilities, regional tourism agencies, host regions, associations of municipalities, regional nature parks, etc.;
  • Entrepreneur in the sports tourism industry;
  • Manager or department head at companies in the tourism and sports and recreation sectors.

Science in the service of sports tourism…

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The Sports Tourism Management program is supported by a network of teams conducting research and studies in the fields of economics and management.

The research associated with this specialization aims to:

– how organizations evolve and adapt to change,
– the economic processes involved in the development of the sports tourism sector,
– research on consumers of sports services.