Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
A course on football and its context and role in the world, presented through videos, articles, quizzes, a test and an assignment.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor Grant Jarvie
Chair of Sport
The University of Edinburgh
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Understand the importance of concepts to explain football in different countries
- Understand and explain the role of football within international development
- Critically examine and understand the use of data and evidence
- Consider the role of history in explaining trends and change
- Develop communication, IT and data analysis skills
- Apply, knowledge, skills and understanding to explain why Football is more than a game
- Develop autonomy, accountability and working with others
Syllabus
Week One - Football: History, Myth and Power
- Football from its origins as a folk game, to the development of FIFA as a powerful organization to key moments in the history of football’s development.
- Locate football within the broader context of history.
- Consider historical facts and some football data.
Week Two - The global spectacle of football
- An introduction to the concept of globalization and how it helps to explain football relationships.
- Consider objections to the term global football.
- An introduction to issues of finance, wealth and governance.
Week Three - Great football clubs, nations and matches that changed the world
- An introduction to case material about great football clubs, nations and rivalries.
- Consider the basis for comparing and contrasting different clubs, places and nations.
- An introduction to football interventions that have impacted upon society and culture.
Week Four - Who are the champions of the world?
- An introduction to concepts such as champions, homelessness, inequality and poverty.
- Consideration of why cities chase major sporting events and what they get in return.
- An overview of key concepts, evidence and readings.
Week Five - Football, international development, diplomacy and peace
- An introduction to the role and place of football in international development.
- Examination of football based interventions designed to assist the development of mental health, peace, diplomacy and conflict resolution.
Week Six - Football finances, governance and ownership
- A more in depth look at finances and governance issues affecting football.
- An understanding of why data is important.
- Examination of different models of ownership and financial fair play in football.
Issued on 3rd September 2016
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