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AST205 - Sport, Bodies, Action!

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 2: Kim Toffoletti
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
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.

Content

This unit introduces students to the sociological analysis of contemporary sport. It focuses on key trajectories in both traditional professionalised sports (e.g. basketball, football, cricket) and emerging lifestyle sports and pastimes (e.g. parkour, roller derby, gaming) in Australia and internationally. The unit draws on sociological theories and research on sports celebrities, sport audiences, sport media, sports administration, corruption, gambling, race, gender and globalisation to understand and explain these patterns.

Learning Outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Demonstrate a critical awareness of how contemporary sport is shaped by global movements, local culture, consumer society and politics	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO2	Demonstrate knowledge of the different theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of sport in society	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3	Demonstrate a critical understanding of how global media (and its associated technologies, esp. digital technologies) is shaping the experience of sport	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4	Apply research, analytical and communication skills to critically interpret and explain trends in contemporary global sport	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Quiz	800 words or equivalent	20%	Week 4
Assessment 2 - Research and writing exercise	800 words	20%	Week 7
Assessment 3 - Report	2400 words or equivalent	60%	Week 11

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 AST205 can be found via the University Library.

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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