LYTA1014 Football Through an Academic Lens (3 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

Description

Content

Students will attend a series of interactive lectures delivered by football experts. The sessions will provide a blend of academic and practitioner aspects. The course encompasses 2 main areas:

1. Off the pitch - Socio-cultural and economic perspectives

  • The emergence of modern football
  • Football within contemporary society: Issues, challenges, and trends
  • The football industry: Professionalisation and commercialisation
  • Global and local contexts in football.

2. On the pitch - Technical perspectives

  • The context of coaching in different levels of the game
  • Performance analysis for football
  • The use of technology in football
  • Health and safety issues in grassroots and professional football.
Completion methods

20 hours of lectures and 4 hours for the group presentations. Active participation in the lectures (1 ECTS, pass/fail), group presentation (1 ECTS, scale 0-5), reflection paper (1 ECTS, scale 0-5).

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course, the student is able to:

  • Understand and discuss the development of modern football
  • Identify and explain issues and challenges in contemporary football
  • Identify and compare various perspectives through which to examine football
  • Evaluate and reflect on key academic and industry literature
  • Be effective as well as inclusive as part of a task-oriented team
  • Communicate effectively and appropriately in writing and verbally.

Additional information

Spring term.

Study materials

Chadwick, S., Parnell, D., Widdop, P. Anagnostopoulos, C. (2019). Routledge handbook of football business and management. Abingdon: Routledge.

Hughson, J., Spaaij, R., Maguire, J. A. & Moore, K. (2017). Routledge handbook of football studies. Abingdon: Routledge.

Relevant peer-reviewed journals, such as:

Soccer and Society; Sport in Society; European Sport Management Quarterly; International Review for the Sociology of Sport, International Sport Coaching Journal; Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport; Journal of Sport Sciences.  

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
All three elements (lectures, group presentation and reflection paper) must be completed.
Time of teaching:
Period 3, Period 4
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Lectures (1 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Evaluation criteria:
Active participation in the lectures (attendance at least 80% of the contact hours).
Language:
English
Study methods:

Active participation in the lectures (attendance at least 80% of the contact hours) – 1 ECTS credit (pass/fail).

The course delivery is flexible with 3 options: (a) on campus, (b) online, or (c) hybrid.

Teaching

x

Group Presentation (1 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Group Presentation (50% of the final grade) – 1 ECTS credit (grading scale 0-5).
Language:
English

Teaching

x

Reflection Paper (1 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Reflection Paper (50% of the final grade) – 1 ECTS credit (grading scale 0-5).
Language:
English

Teaching