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Master of Recreation Management by Research

This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.

The course normally comprises two years of full-time study. The program includes two stages. Stage 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points (6 units) and Stage comprises the Masters thesis unit.



Stage 1
Stage 1 requires the completion of coursework units in research methodologies as well as the state of knowledge and research activity in Sport Management plus two thesis preparation units.

UnitDescription Points
Semester 1
BSA5701Business Research Methods 15
SPM6020Sport and Recreation Management Project 1 15
MTL5200Thesis Preparation A 30
Semester 2
SPM6021Sport and Recreation Management Project 2 15
MTL5201Thesis Preparation B 30
Plus 1 unit selected from the following as approved by the Course Coordinator:
SPM5117Leisure and Sport Policy Development 15
MKT5704Qualitative Research Methods 15
MKT5705Quantitative Research Methods 15
 


Stage 2
Students complete a thesis in an area of study identified during thesis preparation in discussion with the course coordinator and their supervisor. The thesis component of this course is entirely research based and is equivalent to one year of full-time study. Each semester students will enrol in the research thesis unit at 50 or 100% of full-time enrolment. Students are required to continue re-enrolling in the thesis unit each semester until the thesis is submitted for examination.

UnitDescription Points
SPM6200Masters Thesis 0
 

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