Sport Science, Sport Management in an International Context, 7.5 credits

Learning outcomes

The student should after the course be able to

- state and exemplify how sport is organised and financed in different national contexts, and recognise advantages and disadvantages of these ways of orginsing and financing sport, and
- conduct a well-founded discussion on and exemplify how cultural, geographic, economic, and political factors specific to different national sporting contexts affect and shape sport and sport management.

Content

The aim of the course is for students to gain insight into how different countries organise and finance sport and how sport management is shaped by differences in culture, geography, economy, and politics. The course entails several digital lectures that experts and researchers from different countries provide. Building on these inputs, national differences will be analysed and explained, and students will reflect on the frames the different national contexts set for sport management. Students will also work with a specific sport management related case in one chosen country.

Examinations and grades

Organisation and financing of sport in different national contexts, 2.5 credits (Code: A001)
Grades used are Fail (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B) or Excellent (A).

Influence of national context on sport and sport management, 5 credits (Code: A002)
Grades used are Fail (F), Sufficient (E), Satisfactory (D), Good (C), Very Good (B) or Excellent (A).

According to the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 18, a grade is to be awarded on the completion of a course, unless otherwise prescribed by the university. The university may determine which grading system is to be used. The grade must be determined by a teacher specifically nominated by the university (the examiner).

In accordance with university regulations on grading systems for first and second-cycle courses and study programmes (Vice-Chancellor’s decision ORU 2018/00929), one of the following grades is to be used: fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG). For courses included in an international master’s programme (60 or 120 credits) or offered to the university’s incoming exchange students, the A to F grading scale is to be used. The vice-chancellor, or a person appointed by them, may decide on exceptions from this provision for a specific course, if there are special grounds for doing so.

The grades used on this course are Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG).

Modes of assessment

Organisation and financing of sport in different national contexts, 2,5 ECTS,
Oral presentation in groups.

Influence of national context on sport and sport management, 5 ECTS, Individual writen report.

For students with a documented disability, the university may approve applications for adapted or other modes of assessment.

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations.

Specific entry requirements

General entry requirements for university studies.

For further information, see the university's admission regulations.

Other provisions

Students who have been admitted to and registered on a course have the right to receive tuition and/or supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course to which they were accepted (see, the university's admission regulations (in Swedish)). After that, the right to receive tuition and/or supervision expires.

Reading list and other learning resources

Required Reading

MacIntosh, E., Bravo, G., & Li, M. (latest edition). International Sport Management. Champaign: Human Kinetics

Further readings in the form of scientific articles will be added as instructed by the lecturers