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Course Description:
Study and critical analysis of recent trends and significant contemporary issues in Exercise Science, Physical Education and Sport.
Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Claudia Benavides Ambs
Meeting time & place: Online course
Office: HPESS 224
Office hours: MWF 8:00-10:00 am CST
Contact: 870-680-8104, cbenavides@astate.edu
Blog: ClaudiaBAmbs.com
Textbook
No textbook required. Selected readings provided.
Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of the advanced principles of sport administration field.
- Effectively apply a variety of oral and written business and professional communications styles.
- Demonstrate advanced understanding and competence of practicing good ethics and conduct in intern workplace.
- Ability to research, analyze, and interpret sport studies in order to effectively discuss current issues, challenges, professional practices, and strategies in the sport environment.
- Perceived effectiveness in the workplace based on academic program preparation.
Course outcomes
- Review, summarize, interpret, and synthesize sport administration information to effectively discuss current challenges, opportunities, practices, and strategies (PLOs 1 & 4).
- Demonstrate oral and written professional communication in discussions, summaries, and synthesis (PLO 2).
- Identify and synthesize relationships amongst sport administration concepts to provide novel solutions to contemporary concepts (PLO 4).
Course Requirements
Summary: Comprehensively and objectively restate the main ideas of the assigned article. Limit your summary to 1-2 pages. You can see the rubric *here*.
Exams: Quizzes, midterm, and final exams will be available on canvas. You may take them multiple times and without a time limit. Your highest score will be recorded. Feel free to refer back to your articles and notes.
Synthesis: A synthesis in its most basic form is a combination of ideas. In this case, you will combine the assigned source with your own experience and other peer-reviewed sources. Step 1 – read the assigned article(s). Step 2 – Summarize the article in 200-250 words. Step 3 – In another 200-250 words give examples of how this article is useful to you and relates to other articles in the class (for a total of 400-500 words). Step 4 - Submit on canvas as a PDF. At the very least you must cite 2 articles required (more if you used more). All other facts you include in your paper must be properly cited and referenced. If you have had other classes with me please note synthesis are different from annotations, they serve a different purpose (i.e. the content is different) and they are formatted differently per APA. I expect these differences to be reflected in your work. Please upload the synthesis as a word document or a PDF. Grammar review and plagiarism software are turned in, You may resubmit the assignment before the deadline if needed. Peer reviews will be assigned the day after the due date. You must peer-review 2 assignments using the rubric. You can see the assignment rubric *here* and examples *here*
Policies
Click the buttons for each individual policy bellow the pictures. Some policies apply only to online students (i.e. BioSIg ID), in-class students (i.e. attendance), and some apply to both. Please read all policies that apply to you.
Credits:
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