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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2025: Current Themes in the Sociology of Sport
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- History of the Sociology of Sport
- Mega-Events
- Olympic Model
- Community Sport
- Health and Wellbeing
- Disability and Adaptive Sport
- Lifestyle Sports
- Edgework
- Gender and Sexual Identity in Sport
- Race and Ethnicity in Sport
- Sport as Religion
- Sport for Good, NGOs, and Policy
- Polluted Leisure
- The Quantitative Self Movement
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 126 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 2 | Guidance for case-study commentary |
| Guided Independent Study | 36 | Readings for seminars and tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | 45 | Researching and writing essay |
| Guided Independent Study | 45 | Researching and writing the case study commentary |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).