305763 (v.1) Geography 325 - Geography of Sport and Recreation

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	4.25
Workshop:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 2 Days Quarterly
Anti Requisite(s):	305762 (v.1) Geography 225 - Geography of Sport and Recreation or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version AND 1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version
Syllabus:	Training in methods of geographical study and analysis through a range of activities centred around the theme of sport and place. Topics include - sport and identity, the commercialisation and commodification of sport, sport and the media and planning for sports events.
Unit Outcomes:	Develop an appreciation of the geographical impacts of sport and recreation. Conduct supervised fieldwork in a sports-related planning topic. Apply a range of research methodologies to the geography of sport. Conducted an independent research projecton a sports geography topic.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Bale, J (1993), Sport, Space and the City, Routledge, London. Giulianotte, R and Williams, J (eds) (1994), Game without Frontiers, Ashgate, Aldeshot. Kell, P (2000), Good Sports: Australian Sport and the Myths of the Fair Go, Pluto Press, Annandale. McCLancy, J (ed) (1996), Sport, Identity and Ethnicity, Berg, Oxford. Wenner, L (ed) (1998), Media Sport, Routledge, London.
Unit Texts:	Bale, J (1994) Landscapes of Modern Sport, Leicester University Press.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Essay and Report 25%. Project 50%. Tests (2) 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment.