Golf Management

Golf is one of the world’s largest sport-related travel markets, both in terms of visitor numbers and revenue generation. The continuing growth of the market has led to an increased demand for professionals in all areas of golf management. Ireland is recognised as a key golf destination, with champion golfers, world-ranking courses and major international events.

Based at the Coleraine campus on the Atlantic north coast of Northern Ireland, just 5 miles from Royal Portrush Golf Club, this degree will develop your analytical and organisational skills, provide you with specialist, in-depth golf-industry knowledge and ultimately prepare you for a rewarding career in golf management. You will learn about the global golf industry, how to manage golf resorts, and how to develop golf tourism and events, along with the business knowledge and skills needed to run a successful golf tourism venture.

For further course details please see "Course Web Page".

Semester 1
The Global Golf Industry
Golf Club/Resort Management
Contemporary Issues in Golf Management

Semester 2

Golf Tourism & Events
Leadership & Professional Development
Golf Consultancy Project

Semester 3
Dissertation or Capstone Management Project

Standard entry conditions
To apply to our postgraduate taught programmes, you must meet the University’s General Entrance Requirements and any course-specific requirements.

Your Application
Application is through the University's online application system (see "Application Weblink").

Attendance
The course starts with a 3 day induction period to introduce you to your new network of students and staff.

All modules are taught in 3 day blocks (usually Wed-Fri 9-5) so you can fit your learning around your lifestyle. Classes are taught on the Coleraine campus of the university.

One module is delivered approximately every 4 weeks during each semester (3 semesters in total) with a number of half day Learning Sets (tutorial learning support toward module assessment) per module to allow you to meet with your tutors and student groups.

The calendar of scheduled teaching will be made available to you prior to you starting the course.

Start Date: September 2024

Career options
Those students who have completed the course have gone on to have successful careers in a number of areas. For example numerous students have gone on to work for local health and education authorities, and charities as behaviour specialists in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Numerous students have gone on to work privately by providing home- and school-based behavioural interventions for families. A number of students who completed their placement year with the New England Centre for Children (NECC) in Boston went on to work for NECC in London and Abu Dhabi.

As the BCBA qualification is internationally recognised a number of graduates have gone on to work as behaviour analysts in countries such as the US, Australia, and Canada.

Those students who completed the course whilst in employment have gone on to bring their new skillset to such diverse backgrounds as education (Special Needs and mainstream), social work, and mental health nursing.