1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF RELEVANT THEORETICAL POSITIONS UNDERPINNING OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION OF CRITICAL ISSUES IN SPORTS GOVERNANCE
Knowledge, understanding

2. EMPLOY CRITICAL ANALYSIS WITH REFERENCE TO CONCEPTS AND DEBATES IN THE INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION OF THEORETICAL ARGUMENT AND PRACTICE IN SPORTS GOVERNANCE Learning, analysis

3. DEMONSTRATE A COHERENT GRASP OF RELEVANT GOVERNANCE CONCEPTS AND DEBATE, IN EXAMINING CRITICAL ISSUES THROUGH A FORMAL ACADEMIC ESSAY
Communication, reflection, analysis

4. EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL FOR THEORY TO INFORM PRACTICE IN SPORTS GOVERNANCE Reflection, analysis

The assessment will allow students to discuss a singular or multiple theme of the module, addressing (LOS 1,2,3, 4)

Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):

An assessment brief will be provided during the module. Guidance will be provided via Blackboard VLE.

The module will focus on the examination of critical issues in sports governance through theoretical analysis, indicating wherever possible the potential for the use of theory to inform practice. Issues will include globalisation, commodification, ethics and finance.

Topics are drawn from current issues on the structure and administration of sport including rules, regulation of individual sports like football (FIFA, UEFA,FA), Cycling (UCI) Olympics (IOC), Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and other sporting bodies.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities (24 hours)
12 Hours of lectures will form an important part of the learning process, increasing students¿ knowledge of crucial issues that underpin the module.

12 hours seminars will form an important part of learning and reflection, allowing students to debate crucial issues.

Guided Independent Study Hours (126 hours) including assessment preparation and wider reading.

Cuskelly, G., Hoye, R. Sport Governance, Routledge, 2007
King, N. Sport Governance ¿ an introduction, Routledge, 2016
Bennett, A., Carpenter, K, Wilson, R. Sports Governance Handbook, 2019
Geeraert, A.,International Sports Governance: a principal agency perspective on EU control of FIFA and UEFA, Play the Game, 2016
Chappelet, J-L. International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System: the governance of world sport, Routledge, 2008
Hassan, D.,Who Owns Football? Models of football governance and management in international sport, Routledge 2013

Library, Blackboard VLE

FIFA, UEFA, IOC, CAS and many more. The governing bodies and regulatory authorities who lay down the laws and rules of sport. But who are they, and what do they really do? This is essential knowledge for any good Sports Journalist.