MMS713 - Sport Policy and Development
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Katie Rowe |
| Prerequisite: | M709 students: Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1.5 hour class, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit aims to enable students develop effective sport development programs and practices, and assists them with the planning, designing and managing of sport systems and pathways for sporting organisations and communities. This is achieved through introducing students to major issues in policy development and development practices in sport organisations. A critical review of development practices of and through sport driven by excellence in sports performance and improved participation respectively will be presented. Students will be given the opportunity to explore policy and sport development issues through innovative experiential learning techniques and case studies.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Define sport development and explain the implications for promoting sport in communities | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Evaluate a range of international sport development practices | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Analyse sport systems and pathways to determine how they contribute to the development of sport, as well as how they can be leveraged to achieve development beyond sport | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Identify, analyse and interpret the political, social, health and economic outcomes derived from sport development | GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Contrast sport policy and sport development practice to identify emerging issues and develop strategies to address these | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) |
Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) - Report (Business) | 2500 words | 40% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) | 2A:2500 words 2B: 6-8 minutes | 60% total | 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
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Unit Fee Information
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