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Sports as Social and Global Phenomena (5cr)

Code: R300CE80-3001

General information


Enrollment
01.10.2025 - 31.12.2025
Registration for the implementation has begun.
Timing
01.01.2026 - 31.05.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
International Business
Teaching languages
English
Seats
15 - 40
Degree programmes
International Sport Business Management
Teachers
Anzelika Krastina
Teacher in charge
Anzelika Krastina
Groups
R31DS25S
International Sport Business Management (full time day studies) Rovaniemi autumn 2025
Course
R300CE80

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Having completed this study unit,
· You recognize the importance of sport to communities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals.
· You can identify the globalisation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism.
· You can identify the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world.
· You know the impacts of global sport movements (incl. The Olympics).

Competences: Learning to learn Competence, Ethics Competence, International and multiculturalism Competence

Content

Theme 1. Discover the important role sport plays in communities.
Theme 2. Sport at all levels, locally, nationally and globally.
Theme 3. Sport and social benefits
Theme 4. Discover the Olympic movement

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Level 1
Sport as a Social and Global Phenomena:
You are able to describe the importance of sport to commu-nities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals.
You are able to name the global-sation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism.
You are able to name the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world.
You know the impacts of global sport movements.

Level 2
Sport as a Social and Global Phenomena:
You know the importance of sport to communities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals.
You know the globalisation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism.
You know the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world.
You know and are able to describe the impacts of global sport movements.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Level 3
Sport as a Social and Global Phenomena:
You understand the importance of sport to communities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals.
You understand and are able to describe by using examples the globalisation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism.
You understand and are able to describe by using examples the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world.
You understand and are able to describe by using examples the impacts of global sport movements.

Level 4
Sport as a Social and Global Phenomena:
You have a command of the importance of sport to communities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals.
You have a command of the globalisation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism.
You have a command of the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world.
You have a command of the impacts of global sport movements.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Level 5
Sport as a Social and Global Phenomena:
You have a command of the importance of sport to communities and the benefits of sport participation for individuals as a whole.
You have a command of the globalisation and nationalisation of sport, and the extent to which sport has been used in social activism as a whole.
You have a command of the complex nature of sport, race, gender, culture identity and the sports world as a whole.
You have a command of the impacts of global sport movements as a whole.

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