Sports Management

Qualification Awarded

Bachelor's degree in Sports Management

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Recognition of Prior Learning

Lateral or vertical transfer student admission is carried out basing on the "The Transfer Regulations for Associate and Undergraduate Degrees, Double Majors, Sub-specialties and Credit Transfer Regulations among Institutions". The prior learning of transfer students is recognized as per the relevant regulations of Council of Higher Education and under the coordination of the Adaptation Committee.

Kocaeli University guarantees in advance that all credits gained and courses received by an Erasmus student after the mobility abroad will be fully recognized and transferred into Kocaeli University system and upon arrival with the approval of the authorities and the student. While preparing the" Erasmus Credit Transfer and Grade Equivalency Table" the ECTS grades are transmitted to Kocaeli University grading system.

Turkish higher education institutions are in the start-up phase about the recognition of non-formal and informal education. However; computer and foreign language skills that students improve on their own, are evaluated through exemption examinations by the university. Students who prove to be proficient in such exams are exempted from related course(s).

Program Competencies

• Explain the strategy of the Turkish Revolution in the context of colonialism and independence. Knows the social, political, cultural, economic and sportive development process of the Turkish Revolution. 
• To know the laws related to sports management, the legal practices of national and international sports federations, sports clubs and their duties and responsibilities in these areas,
• Valuing the concept "organization" in the field of sports
• Being knowledegeable about human anatomy
• Being knowledgeable about social fields and branches of sports
• To be able the skills of recognition, learning and teaching of sports
•  Fair-Play and Ethical Values in Sport  
• Being equipped with the knowledge of training theory and management
• To learn the anatomical structure and physiology that make up the human body, doping, first aid and nutrition,  
• Have being the ability to undertake the planning, programming and management of recreative sports activities, sports for the disabled, sports facility management,  
• To have sufficient knowledge about Turkish and English, scientific writing rules and spoken language.
• Learning national and international sports organizations, taking responsibility at a level to work as a team and project member in sports federations, clubs, and organizations,
• To gain the ability to use information technologies in sports sciences, to conduct scientific research, to analyze and to think analytically,
• To have leadership and communication skills required in a Sports Manager,  

Key Competencies

• The ability to transmit knowledge and opinions verbally and in the written form
• The ability to evaluate knowledge and skills critically
• The ability to work independently and to take responsibilities
• Being inclined to work collaboratively
• The ability to learn and manage to learn
• The ability to use digital literacy skills
• The ability to use a foreign language at the level of professional communication
• The ability to adopt and obey the rules of scientific etiquette
• The ability to take initiative and make attempts in order to turn thoughts into action
• The ability to use the knowledge and skill of scientific research
• The ability to manage and direct work
• The ability to care for social and cultural values
• The ability to use multiple perspectives on different topics
• Mathemetical ability and the ability to use science and technology
• The ability to self-express in the fields that could contribute to personal development (i.e. art, sports, etc.)

EQF/NQF-HETR Relation

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Serap ÇOLAK | Serap ÇOLAK

ECTS Departmental Coordinator: Lecturer Rıza ERDAL | Rıza ERDAL