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Sports Sciences & Sports Management

Niveau

first cycle, Master

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

- The students can explain on the current developments in sport.
- The students understand the basic mechanisms of developmental dynamics in sport and can describe the central strategies for dealing with them.
- The students are able to develop strategies for dealing with the developmental dynamics in sport in different fields and are able to justify and evaluate them.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

- Introduction to sport sciences
- Basic theories and concepts of sports management
- Distinctive features of management in mass and competitive sports and their interrelations
- Different governance structures and organizational cultures in sports and their relationships
- Basic developmental dynamics in sports (modernization, individualization, pluralization, commercialization, professionalization, growth of technology, mediatization, globalization)
- Planning and control strategies for dealing with developmental dynamics in sports

Recommended specialist literature

Burk, V. & Fahrner, M. (Hrsg.) (2020). Einführung in die Sportwissenschaft. Konstanz: UTB.
Houlihan, B. & Green, M. (Eds.). (2012). Routledge Handbook of Sports Development. London: Routledge.
Hoye, R., Smith, A. C., Nicholson, M., & Stewart, B. (2015). Sport management: principles and applications. London: Routledge.
Hylton, K. (2013). Sport Development: Policy, Process and Practice. 3rd ed. London: Routledge.
Li, M., MacIntosh, E.W. & Bravo, G.A. (2012). International Sport Management. IL: Human Kinetics.
Schütte, N. (2016). Grundwissen Sportmanagement. Stuttgart: UTB

Assessment methods and criteria

examination

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

4

Share of e-learning in %

20

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

integrated course

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

1

Name of lecturer

Team SCEM

Academic year

1

Key figure of the course/module

bb.GL.1

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable