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:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

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.

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

Szerovay, M., Nevala, A. & Itkonen, H. (2023). Football in the Nordic countries: Practices, equality and influence. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280729

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:
<p>Active participation in the lectures (attendance at least 80% of the contact hours) – 1 ECTS credit (pass/fail).</p>
Language:
English
Study methods:

Active participation in the lectures (attendance at least 80% of the contact hours).

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