Subject: Education/Sport

Credit level: SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)

Credits: 20 SCQF/10 ECTS/4 US (Read more about credit study)

Eligibility: 1 year of undergraduate study and aged 18 or above

Language requirements: Evidence of language ability equivalent to IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or above

Start date: 02 August 2021

Length: 4 weeks

Contact hours: 56

Course fee: £3,156

Application deadline: 20 June 2021 (Midnight - BST)

The Global Impact of Sport has two broad themes:

Sport and Global Affairs: the way in which sport is being used today by the United Nations, UNICEF, the World Bank, the World Health Organization and trans-national NGO’S as a cost effective social tool that can contribute to global challenges of health, justice, conflict resolution, social inclusion, education for all, sustainability and international development.

Sport, Heritage and Scottish Culture: examine the contribution that sport has made to Scotland’s history and culture.  

Syllabus

Week 1

• Introduction to Summer School

• Introduction to Global Impact of Sport and Assignment One Tutorials/Seminar

• Introduction to Scottish Sporting Heritage and Culture

• Sport as Business and Economics 

• Time allocated to work on Assignment One

Week 2

• Sport More than a Game 

• Sport and Meg Events 

• The Dark Side of Sport

• Golf and Scotland 

• Sport, Safeguarding Children and Rights

Week 3

• Football and Scotland

• Sport as International Relations: Sport, Diplomacy and Peace- Building

• Sport and the Sustainable Development Goals

• Sport, Poverty and the Homeless World Cup

• Assignment Two Tutorials/Seminars

Week 4

• Sport, Charity and Corporate Responsibility

• Scotland’s Oldest Sport

• Sport as International Business

• Scotland’s Highland Games

• Sport and Health