Undergraduate · Business
Bachelor of Business (Sports Management)
International College of Management, Sydney, Manly, NSW, Australia
About this program
ICMS built its Sports Management degree around Sydney's genuine concentration of professional sport, and the college's placement network reflects that: students on this stream commonly end up placed with NRL and A-League clubs, stadium operators, or sports marketing agencies for their Work Integrated Learning component, rather than generic corporate placements. Content covers sports marketing, event operations and sponsorship alongside the standard ICMS core business subjects (economics, accounting, management, leadership), so graduates come out with a genuine business qualification rather than a narrower sport science credential.
The degree follows ICMS's usual 12 core, several specialisation, elective and two-WIL-subject structure, with sports-specific units layered into the specialisation slots. Sponsorship and commercial partnerships, facility and stadium management, and sports event logistics feature prominently given how much of Sydney's major-event calendar (State of Origin, international cricket, A-League finals) runs through venues the college has existing relationships with.
Students interested in athlete management, club administration or major event delivery tend to gravitate here rather than to ICMS's separate Event Management degree, though there's meaningful elective overlap between the two given how closely sports and events management skillsets sit together in the Australian industry.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
3 terms of coursework
- Level 100: Pathway to Success
- Management Solutions for a Changing World
- Marketing Principles
- Economics for Managers
- Introduction to Sport Management
- Level 200: Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
- Sport Event Management
- Facility and Stadium Management
- Consumer Behaviour
- Work Integrated Learning 1
- Level 300: Strategic Sport Business
- Sport Governance and Policy
- electives
- Work Integrated Learning 2 (placement with a sporting organisation)
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 (Australian Senior Secondary Certificate) or equivalent, ATAR approx. 65-75 (approximate, typical bar)