Faculty Booklet - The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine ...

P O S T G R A D U A T E R E G U L A T I O N S & S Y L L A B U S E S 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3
THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Additional requirements/information:
• All students will be required to complete the year long
Spanish course offered for MSc. Management Studies
students. This is a departmental requirement with no
credits attached.
• All students will be required to participate in a Tourism
Developmental Workshop to be conducted in June of their
completed academic year as a departmental requirement.
• A student who fails to complete the M.Sc. will not be
automatically awarded the PgDip. Such a student would
have to successfully complete the (8) courses required for
the PgDip. Also, the student must make a request in writing
to the School for Graduate Studies and Research through
the Head of the Department of Management Studies to
withdraw from the completion of the research project
explaining the reasons for his/her inability to complete the
M.Sc. The final decision rests with the School for Graduate
Studies and Research. Each case is examined on its own
merit.
POSTgrADUATE DIPLOMA
IN SPOrTS MANAgEMENT
Programme Overview
The emphasis of this programme is on understanding the
management, marketing and policy development challenges of
delivering sports services within today’s complex, demanding
and globalized environment. The programme will also focus
on the local and regional realities of sports. The courses and
projects to be pursued will facilitate the development of skills
and competencies necessary for success at senior management
level in sporting organizations in the public, commercial and
voluntary sectors.
Entry requirements
Admission to the programme will be permitted to persons
who:
• Either possess a degree from the University of the West
Indies or any other acceptable university and who
demonstrate an interest in sports management;
• Or who do not hold a formal university degree but possess
a record of active and extensive professional experience in
the management and administration of sports supported
by portfolio evidence.
• And are successful at an interview to be conducted by a
panel approved by the Campus Principal and CIES.
Course of Study
The Post-graduate Diploma is a 24-credit programme comprised
as follows:
Compulsory Courses
Course Course Number of
Code Title Credits
SPMA 5000 Management in Sports 3
SPMA 5001 Sports Marketing 3
SPMA 5002 Law and Sports 3
SPMA 5003 Communication in Sports 3
SPMA 5004 Sports Finance 3
SPMA 5005 Event Management in Sports 3
SPMA 5006 Sports Facilities Management 3
SPMA 5007 Human Resource Management in Sports 3
The Postgraduate Diploma will be offered on both a full-time
and part-time basis.
Initially, the courses will be offered on a face-to-face basis.
However, in due course, the programmes will be delivered
both on a face-to-face basis as well as by distance mode so as to
facilitate participation of persons in the wider Caribbean who
are unable to attend on a full-time basis.
Additional requirements/Information
Students who have successfully completed the Postgraduate
Diploma with a B average can:
(a) continue right away to complete the M.Sc. in Sports
Management. Such students will be required to complete
nineteen (19) additional credits for the award of the M.Sc.
(b) choose to be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma and
return to complete the M.Sc. within two (2) years. Such
students will be required to complete a further twenty five
(25) credits for the award of the M.Sc.
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