MMS314 - Sport Policy and Development

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Sarah Reddan
Previously:Planning for Sport Policy and Development
Cohort rule:

Available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business (Sport Management), BCom majoring in Sport Management (continuing students only), the Dean's Scholars Program and the Bachelor of Sport Development only).

Prerequisite:

MMS100

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1.5 hour class (recordings provided) + 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week. 

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1.5 hour class (recordings provided) + 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week. 

Content

This unit aims to enable students develop effective sport development programs and practices, and assists them with the planning, designing and managing of sport systems and pathways for sporting organisations and communities. This is achieved through introducing students to major issues in policy development and development practices in sport organisations. A critical review of development practices of and through sport driven by excellence in sports performance and improved participation respectively will be presented. Students will be given the opportunity to explore policy and sport development issues through innovative experiential learning techniques and case studies.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Critically analyse sport development concepts and theories and apply them to sport organisations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Evaluate sport development policies, practices, systems, and pathways in relation to participation and excellence in sport.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Evaluate the role sport plays in political, social and economic outcomes in society.

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Present to a sport management audience how sport development works.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Written Assignment Report (Research)

3000 words

50% Weeks 4 & 5
Assessment 2:
Multi Component Task-Project (Group of 4)
Part A: Presentation/Video Recording
Part B: Report (Business)

Part A: 10 Minutes
Part B: 2000 words

Part A: 20%
Part B: 30%

Week 8

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMS314 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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