BA (Hons) Golf Club Management
Lindfield Golf Club - 19 September 2023
Level 6 Levels Explained
3 years full-time; 6 years part-time: 1,2 or 3 years for the progression to honours year.
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Full-time
BA (Hons) Golf Club Management
This programme is fully embedded in the golf industry and taught exclusively on golf resorts. It has been created after significant work directly with key industry members - in particular, the GCMA, and Colt Mackenzie, McNair (CMM) - identifying the best industry practice and reflecting the need for work-ready graduates of the highest calibre.
Within the programme, you will develop an understanding of all aspects of golf-club management - delivered over a 22-week teaching profile, with at least ten additional weeks in working in the field during the summer term, or the end-of term breaks.
Alongside this, students will be able to gain real hands-on experience within the golf club that they are based at (this work may be paid or unpaid), during term-time. During the winter term, the programme will move to southern Europe for a minimum of two weeks - allowing the students to understand the differing models and expectations of golf clubs with Europe.
Lindfield Golf Club - 19 September 2023
Level 6 Levels Explained
3 years full-time; 6 years part-time: 1,2 or 3 years for the progression to honours year.
Sports & Fitness Find out more
Full-time
What you will learn
The overarching aim of this programme is to provide students with the skills required to manage a golf club, through the understanding of theory, development of knowledge and experience of best practice. Embedding within the programme the ten core proficiencies of golf-club management as identified and distilled by the GCMA.
The programme aims to:
Develop systematic understanding and analytical, forwarding-thinking skills in a golf-club management context
Ensure that graduates of the programme meet the expectations of employers as competent golf managers who can critically apply scientific understanding and management principles to their practice, predict the outcomes of their actions, and generate policy and management initiatives
Provide students with a range of practical skills and competencies relevant to a career as a golf manager including the ability to communicate via traditional and digital means
Enable graduates to acquire and demonstrate a range of academic and study skills to allow them to proceed to Level 7 learning, and to continue with life-long learning
Provide opportunity for students to practice and develop business and management skills within, and outside, of the formal programme; with significant access to golf resorts, for the development of themselves as practitioners within the industry
Entry requirements
The University entrance criteria apply. A typical student will have exceeded 80 UCAS at entry.
International students will be expected to meet the English language requirements of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
Work experience
During the summer, the students will then be helped to find work placements (by CMM) that will further develop their skills- these may be on-site at the club they are based at, close to home, or even internationally. The key focus will be to build the skills set that makes these students sought-after by the industry
Assessment
Achievement of learning outcomes is through responses to practical and directed tasks. The student is required to draw on their experiences to inform summative assessments, thus providing the opportunity for cumulative learning and critical reflection, and to demonstrate the whole of their learning.
Module learning outcomes are explicitly stated in module teaching-programmes and incorporated into assignment marking-criteria to guide the student.
A broad range of assessment strategies is used in the programme to support the development of knowledge and understanding, and professional and practical skills, as well as providing opportunities to foster key- and transferable- skills.
Throughout the taught modules formative assessment is employed to support students in their learning and development. Particularly in the first year of study the initial assignments are formative in nature. Students will be required to reflect on their own practice within assignments and therefore they will be personal to their own circumstances and learning-journey.
Progression
The programme is designed to create individuals that are work-ready, looking to develop a career in golf-club management. They will have significant academic and practical experience who will have undertaken detailed career-analysis, and will have been signposted to roles and opportunities within their final year of study.
Typically career opportunities include:
Golf-club team leader
Golf-club manager
Golf-resort manager
Director of golf
Golf resort general manager
Students successfully completing are also suitable for further study at Level 7, including Masters programmes delivered by the University and elsewhere. Specifically, MRes pathways at the University, include: Sport Performance Analysis; Sport & Leisure Management; Professional Studies
Lindfield Golf Club
The programme aims to:
Develop systematic understanding and analytical, forwarding-thinking skills in a golf-club management context
Ensure that graduates of the programme meet the expectations of employers as competent golf managers who can critically apply scientific understanding and management principles to their practice, predict the outcomes of their actions, and generate policy and management initiatives
Provide students with a range of practical skills and competencies relevant to a career as a golf manager including the ability to communicate via traditional and digital means
Enable graduates to acquire and demonstrate a range of academic and study skills to allow them to proceed to Level 7 learning, and to continue with life-long learning
Provide opportunity for students to practice and develop business and management skills within, and outside, of the formal programme; with significant access to golf resorts, for the development of themselves as practitioners within the industry
International students will be expected to meet the English language requirements of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
Lindfield Golf Club
Case studies
I originally enrolled on the Level 2 course purely to gain the qualification to become a reputable health and fitness journalist (after graduating with a journalism degree). But the course was so interesting, informative and fun that I couldn't resist staying on to complete the Level 3! I didn't even want to leave after that! The qualifications enabled me to spend a few years working as a personal trainer and gym instructor alongside my writing work. And I know for certain that the knowledge and experience I gained from both the courses and my time spent working as a trainer has enabled me to write content at a much higher standard. It's also helped when interviewing high-level fitness professionals for articles as I can actually understand what they're talking about, which has given me a distinct advantage when pitching articles within the fitness industry. The knowledge has also improved my own training, so it's a win-win!
The college really helped me gain the knowledge and the capabilities to be able to streamline my business to where I am now. This has helped immensely as I am able to work with each individual client, helping to build self confidence and self esteem, whilst seeing them get fitter not only physically but also mentally. We really are very fortunate to have such a great college on our doorsteps.
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Dates & Locations
- Course type University
- Level - Level 6
- Location - Lindfield Golf Club
- Start Date - 19 September 2023
- UCAS Code - GCM3
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