LYTA1014 Football Through an Academic Lens (3 op)
Kuvaus
Content
Students will attend a series of interactive lectures delivered by football experts. The sessions will provide a blend of academic and practitioner aspects. The course encompasses 2 main areas:
1. Off the pitch - Socio-cultural and economic perspectives
- The emergence of modern football
- Football within contemporary society: Issues, challenges, and trends
- The football industry: Professionalisation and commercialisation
- Global and local contexts in football.
2. On the pitch - Technical perspectives
- The context of coaching in different levels of the game
- Performance analysis for football
- The use of technology in football
- Health and safety issues in grassroots and professional football.
Completion methods
20
hours of lectures and 4 hours for the group presentations. Active participation in the lectures (1 ECTS, pass/fail), group presentation (1 ECTS, scale 0-5), reflection paper (1 ECTS, scale 0-5).
Osaamistavoitteet
On successful completion of this course, the student is able to:
- Understand and discuss the development of modern football
- Identify and explain issues and challenges in contemporary football
- Identify and compare various perspectives through which to examine football
- Evaluate and reflect on key academic and industry literature
- Be effective as well as inclusive as part of a task-oriented team
- Communicate effectively and appropriately in writing and verbally.
Lisätietoja
Spring term.
Oppimateriaalit
Chadwick, S., Parnell, D., Widdop, P. Anagnostopoulos, C. (2019). Routledge handbook of football business and management. Abingdon: Routledge.
Hughson, J., Spaaij, R., Maguire, J. A. & Moore, K. (2017). Routledge handbook of football studies. Abingdon: Routledge.
Relevant peer-reviewed journals, such as:
Soccer and Society; Sport in Society; European Sport Management Quarterly; International Review for the Sociology of Sport, International Sport Coaching Journal; Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport; Journal of Sport Sciences.
Suoritustavat
Tapa 1
Lectures (1 op)
Active participation in the lectures (attendance at least 80% of the contact hours) – 1 ECTS credit (pass/fail).
The course delivery is flexible with 3 options: (a) on campus, (b) online, or (c) hybrid.