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HL10447: Sport management and coaching: a critical introduction

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 50%, PR 50%
Assessment Detail:
  • Poster Presentation (PR 50%)
  • Assignment (1000 words) (CW 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to introduce a number of theoretical perspectives that students will explore in the degree programme.

Learning Outcomes:
In the completion of the unit, students should be able to:
* Have gained a basic understanding of the key social science approaches to understanding sport & the physically active and healthy body;
* Been exposed to a variety of conceptual concerns that will be explored through the degree programme;
* Think critically about the relationships between sport, physical activity, health, the body and society;
* Think critically about how the perspectives addressed in the unit relate to professional practice and career pathways.

Skills:

* Analysis of research and reflection (F/A)
* Independent work (F)
* Written communication (A)
* Oral presentation and communication (FA)
* Problem exploration, comparison of options, justification of complex problem solving (F)
* Read and synthesis information from a variety of sources about a complex subject (F/A)
* Integrated, cross-disciplinary understanding of the physically active and healthy body (F/A).

Content:
Students will study:
* Critical Issues: The Body, Health & Physical Activity
* Critical Issues: Sport & Society
* Critical Issues: Sports Pedagogy
* Critical Issues: Management, Policy & Development.
Programme availability:

HL10447 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AKB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching with Professional Placement (Year 1)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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