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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Normally available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business (Sport Management), the Bachelor of Arts, the Dean's Scholars Program and the Bachelor of Sport Development only.
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Burwood: 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week
Waterfront: 1 x 1.5 hour recorded class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week
1 x 1.5 hour class (recordings provided) per week plus 1 x 1.5 hour online workshop per week
The unit explores social sciences and their application to sport studies. Methodologies of history and sociology will be considered and applied to prominent issues in Australian and international sport. The social significance of sport in Australian culture and the need for sport managers to be sensitive to that significance are examined.
ULO2
ULO3
Critically examine key issues and problems in Australian and international sport, considering the implications of such an examination for the modern day sport manager and administrator.
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMS201 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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