Undergraduate - UnitEDF1617 - Sport, culture and industry

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Ruth Jeanes

Synopsis

In this unit students examine sport and its significance in contemporary culture. The unit is an introductory one, covering a range of topics but providing students with a foundation to understand the key ideas within cultural analyses of sport. Students use concepts from cultural studies theory to question why sport is so important in today's world and how sport can help with understanding society. Topics covered include the relationship of sport to culture, nationalism and politics and understanding how sport, for example AFL, has been used by some groups to resist dominant cultures. Students also learn about the growth of the sports industry and examine sport and the media, the rise of the sports celebrity, and sport and governance.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

articulate their understanding of sport and culture in a local and national context
identify and discuss key aspects of the sports industry
explain the significance of sport within local, national and global culture and industry
understand cultural theory concepts of ideology and hegemony and power and how they relate to sport.

Assessment

Film review (1200 words, 30%)
Essays (2800 words, 70%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

24 contact hours per semester (lectures/tutorials and workshops)

(b.) Additional requirements:

independent study to make up the required minimum hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ruth Jeanes