Module SPRT3122: DISSERTATION IN SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)

SPRT3122: DISSERTATION IN SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY

Prerequisites

• Sport in the Community Students: none; Combined Social Sciences students: SPRT1201, SPRT2061 and SPRT2161.

Corequisites

• Sport in the Community students: Sport and Exercise Physiology III, Sport Psychology, Physical Activity and Health, Community Placement in Sport.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to investigate a chosen topic within sport.

Content

• Final year students will be expected to complete a dissertation of 12,000 words.
• Students will have the option of either: - working on a topic currently investigated by academic staff - a recognised research study based on one aspect of the information studied on the degree programme - a desk top study (i.e. history, law).

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to:
• demonstrate an in depth knowledge and understanding of the subject under investigation.

• produce an in-depth critical analysis of a chosen problem in a sport related area.
• survey and abstract literature relevant to the topic and programme of work, assess the validity of the findings and interpret them with respect to related published work.

• plan and devise a programme of work applicable to investigating the defined problem

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• students will receive individual supervision and the module will be assessed entirely by 12000 word dissertation which will assess all learning outcomes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University