Undergraduate Course: Sport and Society (SPRT08028)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to the sociological analysis of sport. It fosters the sociological imagination of students regarding sport. |
| Course description |
The focus of this course is to introduce students to the critical analysis of sport and society. Each week's session includes a lecture supplemented by debating point/s and/or case study/ies and links to discuss further. Students are encouraged to develop a critical gaze on some of the implicitly embedded values within sport. Content includes topics such as: body image, class, hyper-conformity, the politics of charities, drug (ab)use and sport.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students who have completed SPRT08017 Sport and Society 1 cannot take SPRT08028 Sport and Society. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
161 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
2500 word literature review 100% |
| Feedback |
A formative assignment will help students to prepare for the summative assignment and students will receive written feedback for the summative assignment. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the complexity of the social significance of sport using appropriate concepts
- Consider the connections between policymakers, facilitators and deliverers of modern sport in contemporary Britain and ideological values.
- Evaluate the impact on sports participation of factors such as access issues, mediatisation and the increasing commercialisation and globalisation of sport.
- Apply appropriate academic practice when reviewing the academic literature on sport and society.
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Reading List
International Review for the Sociology of Sport Journal, numerous articles.
Bairner, A., Kelly, J. & Lee, J. L. (2018) Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics. London: Routledge.
Coakley, J. & Pike, E. (2014). Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies. Maidenhead: McGrawHill.
Molnar, G. and Kelly, J. (2013) Sport, Exercise and Social Theory: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research and enquiry: Knowledge of social theories and the social world of sport, critical thinking, information retrieval, data organisation.
Personal and Intellectual Autonomy: independent study,
Communication: written communication, oral communication. |
| Keywords | Sport,Sociology,Critical,Values,Hyper-conformity |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Guilherme Reis Nothen
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Course secretary | Miss Eleanor Terry
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