HL30569: Studying sport 3: dissertation
[Page last updated: 19 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 20 [equivalent to 40 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 400 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWDI 90%, CWPI 10% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework 1 (CWPI 10%)
- Coursework 2 (CWDI 90%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Critically appraise and make informed decisions based on ethical principles and reasoning (MLO 3A)
- Critically appraise, synthesise, and apply relevant concepts and theories (MLO 3B)
- Critically appraise and apply research methods to produce new knowledge (MLO 3C)
- Critically appraise and synthesise ideas from relevant and reputable academic sources, such as journal articles and scholarly books (MLO 6A)
- Critically appraise and synthesise ideas from relevant and reputable non-academic sources, such as news media and policy documents (MLO 6B)
- Logically, confidently, and convincingly employ writing, speaking, presenting, and/or reading skills (MLO 8A)
- Communicate appropriately and professionally to a variety of audiences (MLO 8B)
- Critically appraise personal opinions in relation to existing debates (MLO 10A)
- Convincingly defend personal opinions based on sound evidence and logic (MLO 10B)
- Effectively manage time, resources, and responsibilities to meet personal goals and course requirements (MLO 11A)
- Creatively and effectively utilise a range of ICTs in completing and submitting assigned tasks (MLO 13A)
- Critically appraise and apply ICTs in the context of research-based knowledge production (MLO 13B)
- Make use of and critically appraise feedback from a range of sources in developing and/or revising assignments (MLO 14A)
- Proactively construct and implement strategies for dealing with changing situations and/or environments in the context of group work and/or independent research (MLO 15A)
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| Aims: | The aim of this unit is to facilitate the design, execution, and reporting of an original social scientific study related to sport, physical activity, health, leisure, and/or exercise.
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| Content: | Choosing a dissertation topic; reviewing literature; methods and methodology (e.g., interviews, focus groups, textual analysis, surveys, ethnography; visual methods); data analysis; ethics; writing and presenting research reports.
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| Course availability: |
HL30569 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB24 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching (Year 3)
- UHHL-AKB24 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching with Professional Placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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