EDN2495

Sports studies 3

Not offered in 1998

Lecturer-in-charge to be advised

4 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Peninsula

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have developed an understanding of the concept of sport as an element of the Australian culture; understand the roles of both the participant and the spectator in Australian sport; understand the social processes related to sport including socialisation, competition, conflict, cooperation and social change.

Synopsis Problems, trends and issues in sport in general in Australia and of selected sports in particular; spectator sports in Australia; sport and the Australian woman; sport and the Australian child; sport and politics in Australia; Australia's role in the international sports scene; sport and the disabled.

Assessment Assignment: 50%
* Tutorial presentation: 30%
* Journal task: 20%