COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPORTS ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SYB 5031 SPORTS ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sports Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN AVCI

Offered to

Sports Management

Course Objective

To examine the problems of philosophy, outlines of sport philosophy, to discuss sports, game and their place in old civilizations, to analyse olympic games' structural improvements and the experienced problems in the chronological order.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explains the problems of philosophy
2   semtinizes outlines of sport philosophy
3   discusses the relationship between philosophy and sports
4   understands and describes olympism and olympic spirit
5   semtinizes antic olympic games' structure
6   analyses the olympic games in order

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Problems of philosophy: Epistemology and philosophy of being
2 2 philosophy of science, ethics, human
3 3 outlines of sports philosophy
4 4 sports as a success of a person and its place in the society
5 5 sports as knowledge and value
6 6 game, entertainment and sports
7 7 human in olympism
8 8 historical development of olympic games
9 midterm exam
10 9 modern olympic games
11 10 modern olympic games
12 11 olympics and culture
13 12 olympism as a philosophy
14 13 olympism as a philosophy
15 14 olympism as a philosophy
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kretchmar,R.S.(1994).Practıcal Phılosophy Of Sport, USA. Morton, A. (2006).Pratikte Felsefe,Istanbul Schorndorf, V.H.(1996)Sportphilosophie,Germany. Şahin,M.(1998) Spor Ahlakı,Istanbul Erdemli,A.(1996)Insan,Spor ve Olimpizm,Istanbul. Erdemli,A.(1996) Spor Felsefesi,Istanbul.Swaddling, J, Antik olimpiyat oyunları,Istanbul 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, discussion,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class participation, exams, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The policies and rules regarding the course will be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Necat Hepkon Faculty of Sport Science, Seferihisar

Office Hours

Meeting days vary according to the individual program prepared for each semester.
Students can reach the course coordinator on the day and time they want via e-mail.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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