Appropriately and adequately equipped lecture theatre
Appropriately and adequately equipped seminar room
Appropriately and adequately stocked library facilities
Internet access sufficient to access Blackboard

Houlihan, B and Malcolm, D (Dec 2015) Sport & Society 3rd Edition. London: Sage.
Jarvie, G. (2012) Sport, Culture and Society. An Introduction. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge.
Craig, P (2016) Sports Sociology (3rd Ed) London: Sage.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (72 hours)
24 x 1 hour tutor-led lectures
24 x 2 hour student-led seminars

Guided Independent Study: (228) hours
180 hours assigned reading, seminar and lecture preparation (equivalent to one day a week for 24 weeks - tasks/reading will be set on a weekly basis for the duration of the module)
48 hours preparation for both forms of assessment (this includes planning work and receiving formative feedback from tutors via email or at requested one-to-one support sessions). Students should also be involved in reading recommended sources, researching the topics areas and carrying out tasks set to support assignment preparation, available on Blackboard.

The module will allow students to enhance and develop their understanding of the cultural meaning and significance that sport has in society by:

1. Focusing on the application of sociological approaches to sport' i.e. putting theory into sporting practice (past and present) such as globalisation theory and examples of this in practice (such as in the Olympic Games)
2. Evaluating the significance of historical developments when explaining contemporary sport
3. The historical development of sport from the Greeks, through the enlightenment period and culminating what we experience in modern day sport
4. Analysing selected historical developments in sport such as education, media, social class, industrialisation, public schools, amateurism and gender and how they impacted on the growth of sport in the nineteenth and twentieth century
5. Analysing a range of research methodologies covered in the sociology of sport on particular topic areas such as masculinity, race and globalisation and examine how they can help answer particular research questions/areas of social significance
6. Evaluating the relationship between sport, power and culture from evidence-based research

Students will be summatively assessed by two pieces of work:

1. A mid-module assignment of 2000 words, assessing learning outcomes 3 and 4
2. An end of module assignment of 2000 words, assessing learning outcomes 1 and 2

Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via: directed independent learning tasks on a weekly basis, activities and discussion in seminars and the opportunity to attend one-to-one tutorials.

1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of a range of sociological approaches to sport (SG1, 3, 4, 6, 7,9 ,11, 2) (Application, Knowledge and Understanding, Learning)

2. Apply sociological approaches to examples of empirical research in the sociology of sport
(SG3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11) (Analysis, Application, Enquiry, Knowledge and Understanding, Problem Solving)

3. Interpret and evaluate the socio-cultural factors impacting on the development of sport
(SG4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12) (Analysis, Communication, Learning)

4. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of selected sports (SG4, 6, 7, 9, 11,12)
(Enquiry, Knowledge and Understanding)