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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Moray House School of Education : Lifelong Learning (EDU)

Undergraduate Course: Football: More than a Game (LLLK07001)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits5 ECTS Credits2.5
SummaryThe course will introduce you to the global game of football. Why it is called the people's game, how it has developed in different parts of the world and why major football events are important to different countries. It will look at some of the financial, social, cultural, and historical parameters influencing the game. It draws upon concepts such as globalization, community, identity, soft power, governance and poverty to explain and analyse football. It encourages you to reflect upon issues affecting the game, how you make sense of them, what evidence and data is available, and what some of the solutions might be.
Course description This 9 week blended learning course provides a blended mixture of face to face teaching coupled with access to online resources.

The summary description of the course provided above is delivered across 9 weeks with the following more detailed week by week breakdown indicative of the content:

1. Introduction to course & learning online (Face to Face)
2. History of the 'People's Game' and why history is important?
3. The growth global football as a spectacle and the relationship between the global and the local.
4. Football places, nations, rivalries and clubs - What criteria and evidence might be used to make judgements about these?
5. The World Cup: Who are the football champions of the world and why? Evidence from the men's women's and the homeless world cups.
6. Review & formative feedback opportunity (Face to Face)
7. Football plus: Is football good for the building of community, international development and cultural relations?
8. Football finances, governance and supporters - evidence, trends, issues and sources of further information
9. Is football a more than a game? Discussion/preparing for final assessment. (Face to Face )
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 50 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 28, Summative Assessment Hours 15, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment One: a series of online quizzes (10%) (LO 1 and 3 )
Assessment Two: contribution to online forums (10%) (LO 1 and 4)
Assessment Three : essay 1000 words (80%) (LO 1,2,3,5)

To pass, students must attempt all assessments and earn at least 40% for the essay.
Feedback The second and third face-to-face classes will provide opportunities for feedback and preparation for the essay.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of football's broader comparative contexts and why football is more than just a game.
  2. Present and evaluate selected arguments, information and ideas which are routinely applied within the study of football.
  3. Understand the difference between explanations of football based on evidence and/or research and other forms of explanation and of the importance of this difference.
  4. Demonstrate skills including digital literacies and oral presentation.
  5. Critically consider of the power of football to enable and support communities.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Caroline Bamford
Tel: (0131 6)50 4322
Email: Caroline.Bamford@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: D.McMillan@ed.ac.uk
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