Leisure & Recreation Management

Course details

The course is full-time and requires attendance five days per week and is of two years duration. Students undertake a block of work experience in each year. Students are given extensive training in playing a variety of sports and leisure pursuits along with a comprehensive range of subjects in the areas of leisure management and administration.

Course content

Modules Year 1

• The Sport and Leisure Industry
• Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Wellbeing
• Marketing Principles
• Managing Resources in Sport and Leisure Management
• Employment Law
• Anatomy and Physiology for Sport and Leisure
• Instructing Physical Activity and Exercise
• Physical Education
• Work Experience
• Sport and Recreation Studies
• Leisure Facility Operations
• Occupational First Aid
• Swimming and Water Safety

Modules Year 2

• Research Project
• Operating and Managing a Sport and Leisure Facility
• Law and Sport and Leisure Operations
• Event Management in Sport and Leisure
• Customer Service
• Small Business Enterprise
• Work-Based Experience
• Managing in the Health and Fitness Industry
• Managing Sports Development
• Lifeguarding
• Physical Education
• N.C.E.F.

Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.

Additional Certification

Students are provided with the opportunity to receive the following additional certification:

• Occupational First Aid Award
• N.C.E.F (National Certificate in Exercise and Fitness) University of Limerick
• Life-Guarding

Progression and Career prospects

Graduates of this course have been very successful in gaining employment in the Sport and Leisure industry both in Ireland and abroad. Examples of places of employment include:
Sports Halls, Swimming Pools, Leisure Pools, Leisure Centres, Hotel Leisure Facilities, Outdoor Education Centres, National Governing Bodies of Sport, Schools, Sales and Marketing, Sports Development and Sports Retail Outlets.

Graduates have also availed of the opportunity to further their education by gaining entry to Third Level Degree Courses in many different Universities and Colleges in Ireland and Britain.

Students have followed degree courses in:
Leisure and Recreation Management, Physical Education, Sports Science, Sociology of Sport, Primary Teaching and Sports Psychology.

Students can participate in a variety of sports at Higher Education Level. These sports may include: Gaelic Football, Soccer, Basketball & Rugby. The following sports are also catered for at CDVEC Level: Cross-country, Track and Field Athletics, Swimming and Golf.