Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Management

Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Management

Passion for sports? The Degree Programme in Sports Coaching and Management prepares students with the knowledge and skills needed in today’s sports and leisure industry.

Through competence-based approach, the programme prepares students along four main development streams with a focus on

• personal development and professional growth
• coach development
• event and organizational management and
• RDI competences.

The teaching is organized in English enabling students to work in an international environment during their work placement and upon completion of the studies.

The competence-based, student-centered studies demand from the students a high degree of independent working skills and self-motivation with the development process built in line with the individual interests and preexisting competencies. During the studies, students are also involved in developing new solutions for coaching and management at the local, national, and international levels.

The first two years of the studies include intensive studying at the Haaga-Helia's Vierumäki Campus, after which the student has a chance to obtain information and knowledge in a real-life working environment during the 1-1,5years of work placement.

All compulsory

• Personal and professional development 1
• Personal and professional development 2
• Personal and professional development 3

Select 5 pieces

• Finnish language and culture
• Swedish for Professional Purposes
• Written english
• Computing skills
• Communication skills
• Other foreign language

All compulsory

All compulsory

• Team building 1
• Team building 2

Sport and athlete analysis

• Sport analysis
• Athlete pathways

Fundamentals of coaching

• Knowledge base
• Practical coaching competence development

(All compulsory)

• Knowledge base
• Coaching process

All compulsory

• Innovative coaching methods development

All compulsory

• Sport program planning and implementation 1
• Sport program planning and implementation 2
• Sport organizational analysis and development planning 1
• Sport organizational analysis and development planning 2
• Sport event management 1
• Sport event management 2
• Sport organizational management 1
• Sport organizational management 2; coach education

All compulsory

• Information retrieval and evaluation
• Information collection and analysis
• Critical thinking and problem solving

All compulsory

• Work placement

All compulsory

• Bachelor's thesis

210 ECTS

Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

At the end of the studies the student has a firm knowledge in sport event organization and coordination, as well as in sport event and club management and in developing coaching methods. Besides firm knowledge of organizational management the student has a wide knowledge base in planning and executing athlete development plans and in developing innovative coaching methods. Many employment opportunities for the graduate open up while the student is completing the required work-placement in e.g. a sport club or a national sport organization.

In the past graduates have found employment e.g. in the fields of:

• Sport coaching (with emphasize on ice-hockey and on athlete-centered coaching) on club and national team level
• Managing and organizing sports events and activities
• Teaching sport to special target groups
• Instructing and coaching in sports associations and federations, as well as in clubs and gyms
• Work in the administration and management of sports clubs, gyms, associations and federations.

The degree programme is conducted in English.