Who says you cannot mix business with pleasure? With the Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management, you can now make sports and business your profession and have the best of both worlds.
Pick up strong business management, events operations, planning and programming skills as well as the ability to develop local and international sports events and leisure programmes. We will also share with you the secrets behind world-class events like Formula 1, Barclays Singapore Open, and the Standard Chartered Run.
Once you have grasped the requirements for such events and gained an understanding of the industry, you will be well on your way towards making your mark in sports associations, health and fitness clubs, and country clubs.
The growth of Singapore as a major sports and leisure hub in the near future will be accompanied by the increasing demand for dynamic and go-getting sports events executives, organisers, and facilitators.
The Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management will prepare you for this exciting industry. The course will equip you with strong business management, events operations, planning and programming skills, so that you understand how world-class sporting and lifestyle events such as Formula 1, Barclays Singapore Open, and Standard Chartered Run are organised.
Graduates of this diploma have a holistic insight of the sports and leisure management industry. These competencies will enable you to develop and facilitate sporting initiatives and programmes of any scale. You can build your careers in event management, marketing or choose to work alongside sports associations, country clubs, health and fitness clubs.
RP’s sports and leisure management graduates are in a good position to join a wide range of sporting and sports-related organisations, event management agencies, and leisure service providers. You can look forward to dynamic and fulfilling careers in the following roles:
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The course structure consists of general, discipline, and specialisation modules. There is also an industry orientation component.
Each module is equivalent to four modular credits (MC).
6 compulsory modules: A101 Science A113 Mathematics B102 Organisational Behaviour B216 Marketing G101 Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving G107 Effective Communication
3 compulsory modules: S201 Health and Wellness S202 Inclusive Physical Activity S204 Sociology of Sports, Health and Leisure
13 compulsory modules: B101 Entrepreneurship B215 Financial Accounting B218 Business Statistics B220 Microeconomics B321 Macroeconomics H210 Event Operations Management S221 Sports Facilities Management S222 Sports Business S224 Sports and Leisure Related Law S225 Leisure Planning and Programming S226 Sports Administration S321 Sports Management S322 Strategic Sports Development
3 compulsory modules: G301 Project / G311 Industry ProjectG901 Character and Citizenship EducationS931 Industry Immersion Programme (20 MC)
Obtain a total of 4 modular credits from the prescribed range of modules offered by the Schools and Centre in RP.
Table 1: Minimum Entry Requirements
Table 2: Aggregate Type
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To graduate with a Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management, you must complete a total of 120 modular credits. You should be able to do this within three years of enrolment if you successfully complete on average five modules, or its equivalent, per semester.