Module 61-PW-GL2 Scientific Fundamentals of Sport II

As part of the lecture "Fundamentals of Sports Sociology", you will acquire basic knowledge of sports sociology using problem-orientated examples related to the sports sector, which will be referred to in your later studies. In particular, you will be able to name and explain concepts and theories and also demonstrate subject-specific methodological knowledge of sports sociological research approaches. In addition to acquiring specialist knowledge of sport sociology, you will gain knowledge of your intended professional field and its organisations by dealing with current problems in sport.

As part of the lecture "Fundamentals of Sports Psychology", you will acquire specialist knowledge of the psychological foundations of sporting behaviour. You will be able to describe fundamental current sports psychology topics and research fields and present current research results in these areas. You will be able to assess the psychological prerequisites and consequences of sporting activity and reflect on psychological intervention strategies.

In the course "Fundamentals of Sports Economics", you will acquire basic specialist knowledge about the economic aspects of the sports sector and learn how to relate general economic knowledge to your profile-specific field of application. At the same time, you will develop your methodological skills for the controlled scientific analysis of selected problems in sports economics.

In addition to the discipline-specific skills, you will develop your social communication skills by participating verbally and in writing in the respective course discourse. In the examination situation of the written exam, you will demonstrate the acquisition of written communication skills as well as sports sociological, sports economic and sports psychological expertise.

The lecture "Fundamentals of Sports Sociology" uses selected topics and contexts (e.g. sports participation, sports socialisation, diversity and discrimination in sports organisations, migration in sports, integration in sports organisations, sociology of elite sports) to present the subject matter, theoretical perspectives and methodological procedures of sports sociological research.

In the course "Fundamentals of Sports Psychology" you will learn about the historical development of sports psychology and selected aspects of personality, developmental, learning, social and motivational psychology and group processes. You will delve deeper into topics such as action theory, perception in sport, cognition and learning and psychoregulation. In addition to central research methods in sports psychology, you will gain an overview of sports psychology intervention strategies in training. This includes teaching the theoretical foundations and methods of mental training (routines, visualisation training) and self-instruction.

In the course "Fundamentals of Sports Economics", you will deal with economic aspects of the sports sector, giving you an initial overview of the fields of sports economics. On the one hand, you will expand the knowledge you have acquired in the basic economics courses. On the other hand, the profile-specific field of application for the further economic knowledge to be acquired will be opened up to you. The focus of the course is on teaching basic concepts for the microeconomic analysis of sport-specific problems.

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