Course content

The development of sport and its function and importance in society is reviewed. Sport in the context of health, leisure, social exclusion and inclusion, professionalisation, economy, culture and media is investigated and discussed. The course also looks at important dimension of inequality such as gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality etc.

Learning outcome

The objective of the course is to introduce students to questions regarding sport, drawing from sociological perspectives, concepts and analysis.

Learning methods and activities

Throughout the semester there are the equivalent of 4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group discussion per week. There is a compulsory term paper based on a subject given in the lectures. The paper must be approved to be able to take the written exam. The paper can be written individually or in groups of 2-3 students. Form of assessment is a 5 hours written exam.

Compulsory assignments

• Approved term paper

Recommended previous knowledge

None

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Information disclosed at the beginning of the course.

Credit reductions