MMS202 - High Performance Sport Environments
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sarah Reddan |
| Previously: | Managing High Performance Sport |
| Cohort rule: | Available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) and the Bachelor of Sport Development. |
| Prerequisite: | MMS100 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1.5 hour class + 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1.5 hour recorded class + 1 x 1.5 hour online scheduled seminar per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The unit examines the sport sciences and their application, in particular their application to sport performance and athlete welfare and wellbeing. Implications for sport management will be a focus of this unit.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Articulate the evolving nature of high performance sport and its associated policies, structures and management practices | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify the major roles and functions of sport science and sport management professionals in sport performance contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify prominent integrity issues that exist in high performance sport settings and develop philosophical and moral reasoning regarding the welfare and protection of athletes. | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Develop strategies to facilitate ethical managerial responses to integrity issues in high performance sport settings. | GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Part A: Written Reflection (Self) Part B: Report (Business) | Part A: 600 words Part B: 1400 words | Part A: 10% Part B: 40% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) Part A: Written Reflection (Self) Part B: Video recording | Part A: 1000 words Part B: 8 minutes | Part A: 25% Part B: 25% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MMS202 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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