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
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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
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1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version
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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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Essay and Report 25%. Project 50%. Tests (2) 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90309 Human Geography | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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