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Australian Sport: History and Culture - AUST2018
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: HIST2041
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Examines the role of sport in shaping Australian culture and identities under important categories such as class, gender, race, ethnicity and religion. Topics include historiography of sport and mass culture; ideologies of sport; the rise of organised sport in Australia; the social and political implications of sporting institutions; sport in time of war; Australian heroes; developments in Australian sport after World War II and the impact of globalisation on Australian sporting culture.


Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course students should:
  • Understand the notion that sport has been a central institution in the development of Australian society, that examining the role of sport is but a different way to examine the important issues and debates in Australian history
  • Have evaluated whether sport has been a positive agent, one of reform, or a conservative institution that has been resistant to change and which in turn has prolonged and reinforced many of the negative aspects of Australian society particularly in terms of race, gender and multiculturalism
  • Understand that sport is a critical site for the process of globalisation in Australia
  • Understand that the place of sport in Australian society has bifurcated
  • Understand how historians and other academics interpreted the role of sport in Australian society.

Assessment

  • Class participation - 10%
  • Commentary - 20%
  • Debate - 10%
  • Research essay (3000 words) - 40%
  • Test - 20%

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