Sport Business (9367.1)

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Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Health
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Discipline Of Sport And Exercise Science Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
This unit is designed to introduce students to the varying aspects of corporate involvement in sport in its national and international forms, to determine the relationship between corporate groups and sports organisations and to examine the potential for growth within the corporate approach to sport. The unit also familiarises students with the nature and purpose of political processes at various levels of physical activity from recreational to international sport. Subjects for discussion include the use of sport as a political vehicle, the role of sport in uniting or dividing communities under stress, and the significance of sport to the public image of political leaders.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Explain the major catalysts responsible for the commodification of Australian sport;

2. Communicate the similarities and differences between the commercialisation of Australian sport and international sport;
3. Demonstrate an awareness of a variety of ways in which sport and politics intersect; and
4. Contribute to public debates about the politics of sport in modern societies.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

7977 Business, Politics and Sport.

Equivalent units

7977 Business, Politics and Sport.

Assumed knowledge

NONE
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
Not available

Required texts

There is no required text book for this unit and therefore it is essential that students attend lectures or follow lectures on ECHO360 so as to acquaint themselves with concepts and arguments that will give them an understanding of material that will form the basis of presentation topics and exam questions.

Equally, students must attend tutorials due to the nature of group assessments.

Various readings and book chapters will be placed on the Canvas "Readings" tab.

Submission of assessment items

Assessment Requirements

All assessment items must be attempted/submitted.  Failure to submit all assessment items will result in a fail grade.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Students are strongly encouraged to attend lectures in person.  Lectures are recorded and placed Online via an automated process the lecturer has no control of this process. At times this automated process does not work properly resulting in lack of audio or video for a lecture.  Engaging in lecture material is expected through attendance at lectures, through listening to lecture online recordings, or both. Tutorial attendance is expected. Non-attendance to tutorials is likely to diminish a student's ability to meet unit learning objectives, and will likely impair assessment performance.  Tutorial attendance records will be kept and can be used as evidence of individual student engagement with the unit.  It is expected that students will work through the online component of this course in a timely fashion.

Information will be placed on Canvas as a way of helping students to understand lecture material. This does not replace material covered in lectures. The experience of past years shows a direct positive relationship between lecture attendance numbers and pass grade numbers. 

Required IT skills

N/A

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Please note that the University of Canberra has a late submission policy that is available here: https://guard.canberra.edu.au/policy/policy.php?pol_id=3351. Please view this information.