Gender and sports I

Course - first cycle - 7.5 credits

Overview

Admission requirements

The special prerequisite for this course, besides basic eligibility for university studies, is fieldeligibility 6: Civics A and English B. Applicants are exempted from the Civic A requirement

Description

Sport is, like all human activity, gendered. Our perceptions of what women and men are expected to do are reflected in sports and in ideas about which sports or roles within sports organizations are more or less suitable for men and women. Simple questions are whether a woman can coach a male football team; or a whether a synchronized swimming is a masculine or feminine sport? The course is divided in two half’s. During the first part of the course women’s participation in sports activities in history and in contemporary society are studied from a structural perspective. During the second half of the course the student will concentrate on sportsman`s or woman´s destiny, in order to analyze the destiny placed in a gendered sports regime. The course will be concluded by the student writing an essay analyzing an individual life experience from a structural perspective.

Syllabus

Course Code: IF124F

Institution:
Sport Sciences
Revision:
1
For students admitted spring 2013   spring 2012   spring 2011  

Approval

The course was established 10 December 2010.
This course syllabus (version 1) was approved 18 February 2011 by the Education Commitee at School of Education.
The syllabus is valid from 08 June 2011.

Education level

First cycle

Course description

The purpose of this course is that the students will develop and enter deeply their knowledge on women and sports as well as gender from an international perspective.

Advancement in relation to the degree requirements

Single subject course.

Entry requirements

The special prerequisite for this course, besides basic eligibility for university studies, is fieldeligibility 6: Civics A and English B. Applicants are exempted from the Civic A requirement

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student will be able to
  • describe women’s participation and sports activities making international comparisons
  • describe research on women and sports
  • discuss an individual destiny in relation to the structures in society
  • write a shorter essay

    • Assessments

    All the learning outcomes will be examined individually and in three written examinations.

    The criteria for Pass and Pass with Distinction are clarified by the examiner at the start of the course.

    Course content

    During the first part of the course women’s participation in sports activites in history and in contemporary society are studied from a structural perspective. During the second half of the course the student will concentrate on sportsman`s or woman´s destiny, in order to analyze the destiny placed in a gendered sports regime. The course will be concluded by the student writing an essay analyzing an individual life experience from a structural perspective.

    Learning activities

    The course consists of web based learning activities and the language of instruction is English.

    Grading system

    Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG). ECTS grading system can be used on students demand.

    Reading list and other media

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    Compulsory literature

    Benn, Tansin; Pfister, Gertrud and Haifaa Jawad (2011), Muslim women and sports. London: Routledge. English xvii, 278 p.
    Hargreaves, Jennifer (2000), Heroines of sport. The politics of difference and identity. London: Routledge. English 284 p.
    Hartman-Tews, Ilse & Pfister, Gertrud (2003), Sport and women. Social issues in international perspective. London; Routledge, English 288 p.

    One biography of a sportswomen or sportsman



    Course evaluation

    Students are given opportunities to influence course content through continual reflections on the course content and methods. The course ends with an individual, written evaluation based on the course purpose and learning outcomes. This evaluation is used as a starting point for an oral evaluation at the end of the course.

Contact

Further information

Aage Radmann, course responsible
Phone: 040-66 58053
E-mail: aage.radmann@mah.se