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Holmesglen International Student Prospectus 2014
Higher Education
Higher Education
Course Name &
Duration
Start
Date
Course Description
Bachelor of Sports
Management
3 years
CRICOS Provider
00212K
February
July
The degree in Sports Management provides students with the knowledge and skills involved in
becoming a competent sports manager. This degree (established in 1981) was the first of its kind in
Australia and has since become the leader in the field of professional sport management education.
Graduates can expect to find employment in sports development in Commonwealth and State
government departments of sport and recreation, marketing and public relations in the private sector,
and in the management of sports, recreation or leisure clubs and centres.
Upon successful completion of selected diplomas or advanced diplomas, students will be granted
credit exemptions and are able to complete the Bachelor of Sports Management in a shorter duration
according to their University of Canberra study plan.
Bachelor of Sports
Media
3 years
February
The Bachelor of Sports Media equips you with the capabilities required and increasingly expected by the
sports journalism industry as it moves forward in the 21st century.
This course gives you a broad base of technical skills and knowledge required to work in a variety of
areas within the sports media industry. The course is designed to provide a thorough understanding
of each of the areas within the sports media industry, including: media, journalism communications,
the sporting industry and professional industry practice. The course is designed to tie knowledge and
experience together. You will have developed the ability to review, consolidate, extend and apply the
knowledge and skills learnt in order to work effectively and with confidence to meet the requirements of
your future work environment.
Bachelor of
Construction
Management and
Economics
2 years 8 months
Professor
Swee-Eng Chen
February
May
September
The Bachelor of Construction Management and Economics is designed to meet the professional
course accreditation requirements of the Australian Institute of Building and the Australian Institute
of Quantity Surveyors. The program embraces the construction management and quantity surveying
fields of study which are generally considered to fall within the management disciplines and financial
administration of building projects through their life cycle.
The course focuses on the provision of a foundation of knowledge and skills that prepares students
for a wide range of possible graduate vocational occupations in the building industry taking into
account the high level of mobility, especially at mid-career stage, of professional and para-professional
practitioners. A Problem Based Learning delivery method is utilised and provides students with the
skills and knowledge needed to operate effectively across a number of roles in the building and
construction industry.
Graduates will be equipped to work in a number of job roles such as Construction Project Managers,
Quantity Surveyors, Building Associates or Construction Estimators covering the management of
building procurement, construction project management, contract administration, and construction
management.
Students who successfully complete the first six trimesters (2 years) may choose to exit the course
and will be awarded the Bachelor of Applied Science (Built Environment).
Students commencing in February will be able to complete in 8 trimesters (2 years 8 months).
Students commencing in May and September may require 10 trimesters to complete the award, due to
subject offerings.
