Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sports Culture and the Role of Sports in Society
Course Code: SPYB613
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course; The aim of this course; to critically analyze and evaluate sports and body-culture from a sociological perspective.

Course Content

This course aims to introduce students to the sociological foundations in the realization of the relationship between social life and the transformations that the sport has undergone from its emergence to the current period.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Hasan GÜLER
Learning Outcomes
1.Defines the body-social identity relationship
2.Knows the relationship between body and sport as a social indicator.
3.Apply knowledge of sport and body to subject problems and interactions.
4.It defines how bodies are shaped by cultural values ??and prevailing ideology.
5.he/she knows that the body is an object of consumption in the modern era
Recommended or Required Reading
1.All kinds of scientific studies and publications related to the field.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Sociological theories in body studies
Week 2 - Theoretical
The body and dominant ideologies
Week 3 - Theoretical
Comparative body cultures
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sports in mythology and rituals
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sports body and identity
Week 6 - Theoretical
Presentation: Article
Week 7 - Theoretical
Presentation: Article
Week 8 - Final Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Children, young and old bodies and sports
Week 10 - Theoretical
Body and sport as a consumption object: Performance sport and alienation from the body
Week 11 - Theoretical
Presentation: Article
Week 12 - Theoretical
sports injuries
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sports branches and body types
Week 14 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%60
Practice Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment310236
Individual Work212126
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026