World Academy of Sport 

The WAoS and the International Baccalaureate (IB) partnership already provides support to student-athletes, particularly in the provision of additional flexibility and time to complete the IB Diploma Programme or the IB Career-related Programme.

WAoS also now offers an IB career-related study in International Sports Management.

The sport management industry is diverse and offers students a fulfilling career with a range of job opportunities in varying specialised fields. Valued at approximately USD 700 billion, the global sport industry continues to demand internationally qualified and highly connected professionals.

A student's weekly time allocation requirements to complete one CRS, ISM course may look like the following example:

• For students to engage with the online learning material (listen to video presentations and complete online learning activities) – 3-hour block scheduled weekly over 12 weeks to align with the number of topics (i.e. one topic covered each week). 

• For students to engage with the lecturer in a virtual class (MS Teams) to consolidate understanding of content – 1 hour block scheduled weekly over 12 weeks. Depending on the time zone, this session may need to be scheduled early in the morning or later in the afternoon.  

• For students to undertake independent learning/researching, planning and completion of assessment tasks would require approximately 100 hours spread over 12-14 weeks. A mixture of these hours could be completed during school hours and after hours as homework. If all of these hours were to be scheduled during school hours over 12 weeks, then students would need 8 hours of classes scheduled.  

It should not noted the WAoS is not a University, and so its courses do not come with any aligned University credit. This does mean students usually when applying for University are using their IB subject courses as the main way to apply, alongside any other sporting accomplishments they may had had to gain scholarships and entry.