Sport Sciences: Sport in Society, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
The student works on identifying relevant current sport science issues related to sport in society. Focus is placed on the relationships between question, method and theory. The course deals with both qualitative and quantitative methods regarding the collection and processing of data.
The student thus further develops their capabilities to identify, manage, investigate and research relevant sport science issues focusing on the social science field. The student works both to analyse other people's research and to collect and analyse their own material based on various questions, which is presented in a "method portfolio". Finally, the student prepares a project plan for a research project.
Prerequisite course for this course is: IV608G Research and Development with Focus on Sport in Society
Cresswell, John (2014). Research Design:Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Fourth Edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 288 pages.
Fielding, Jane & Gilbert, Nigel (2006). Understanding Social Statistics. London: Sage Publications. 360 pages.
Jones, Ian (2015). Research Methods for Sports Studies. Abingdon: Routledge. 364 pages.
The university gives students who participate in or have completed a course, an opportunity to present their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation organised by the university. The university compiles the results of these evaluations, and publishes the results and any decisions about measures that come from them. These results are made available to the students (HF: 1:14).
