| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Explain the different uses of the concept of sport.
- Learn the historical development and sociological theories of the concept of sport.
- Discuss the effect of sports on the formation of different social concepts such as socialization, identity formation?etc.
- Examines the cultural, political and economic transformations of sport on a global and local scale.
- Learns the methods of scientific research related to sport sociology.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No. |
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| Course Description | Sport is viewed by some scholars as socially constructed and therefore a product of society. Sport Sport is a game. But, not only a game. is life. People knows about themselves through the sport. Sport is so interconnected with social life that it creates lots of controversies such as stratification, ethnicity, globalization...etc.
This has prompted considerable international attention from researchers from a wide array of disciplines and subdisciplines. This course examines sport from a sociological perspective. Gender, race, and social class will be the primary topics from which to understand sport as a social institution. This course is organized around lectures, film, class discussion and small group research projects. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
What is the Sociology of Sport? Course Introduction |
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2nd Week |
Sport and Socialization |
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3rd Week |
Theories Related to the Sociology of Sport: Functionalism, Marxism, Figurational Sociology |
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4th Week |
Sport in Historical Perspective |
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5th Week |
Sport and Identity / Exclusion |
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6th Week |
Sport and Politics |
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7th Week |
Violence and Hooliganism in Sports |
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8th Week |
Midterm Exam |
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9th Week |
Globalization of Sport |
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10th Week |
The Economics of Sport |
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11th Week |
Major Sporting Events and Their Social Aspects |
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12th Week |
Is Football Just Football? |
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13th Week |
Historical Development of the Idea of Sport in Turkey |
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14th Week |
Sports Culture in Turkey |
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15th Week |
Women's Sports and the State of Amateur Sports in Turkey |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Dever, A. (2015). Spor Sosyolojisi. Siyasal Kitapevi: İstanbul.
İnal, R. (2008). Küreselleşme ve Spor. Evrensel Basım Yayın,İstanbul.
Coakley JJ. (2017). Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies.McGrawHill Pub: London. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
30 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
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| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
1 |
45 |
45 |
| Total Work Load | 151 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5.03 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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