SPTM 492
Fall 2015
Contemporary Issues in Sport and Exercise
Professor: Dr. Austin Anderson
Office: PAC 312
Office Hours: MWF 10:00 – 11:00 am; 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Phone: 812-228-5170
E-Mail:
Class Location: LA 1003
Class Day/Time: Wednesday: 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Course Description
Enables students to integrate information from their educational experiences to critically examine and analyze contemporary issues in sport and exercise from an interdisciplinary perspective. Current issues, trends, and challenges are presented with the intent of provoking thorough and stimulating debate so students may identify their role in the resolution of issues.
Professional Standards
This course meets the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Common Professional Component (CPC) topical areas of: sport management principles (A1), sport leadership (A2), and strategic management/policy (F1).
Required Text
Contemporary Sport Management (5th Edition) by Pederson, Parks, Quarterman, Thibault, 2014, Human Kinetics. ISBN: 978-1-4504-6965-4
Top Hat Service Subscription (details will be covered on first day of class)
Attendance Policy
Regular attendance and participation is required. Due to the consolidated delivery of the course, attendance will be especially important. Each student will be allowed one (1) unexcused absence. Roll will be taken prior to the beginning of each class. If there are extenuating circumstances and you may have to leave class early, please let me know prior to the class period, otherwise an early departure will be considered an unexcused absence. Excessive will be taken into account and may affect your class grade. Arriving to class more than 5 minutes after the scheduled start time will constitute an absence, and will prohibit students from participation in any in-class activities or pop quizzes for that day.
Technology Expectations
All assignments are to be word-processed. No hand-written assignments will be accepted.
Blackboard
The student must be familiar with Blackboard in order to access documents relevant to this course (i.e, PowerPoint presentations, assignments, grades).
Each student is required to have an email account. Please check your email at least once a day for any new information regarding this class. You are responsible for monitoring your e-mail messages. Periodically notification of assignments will be sent via e-mail. USI provides free e-mail accounts for all enrolled students. Failure to regularly respond to e-mail messages could result in an unsatisfactory grade for this course.
In-Class Technology
Cell phones are NOT appropriate for in-class use. When you come into classes, phones should be disabled (i.e. turned off) and put away (in a bag) for the duration of the class session. Any use of cell phones during class lecture and activities will be considered grounds for dismissal from class and could negatively impact your evaluation.
Laptop computers and tablets can be accessed for in-class use when working on activities and/or taking notes. HOWEVER, if it becomes clear that students are not utilizing their devices for these purposes, these may be banned for in-class use as well.
If you have a particular issue or situation which may require you to use technology during one or more class sessions, please see the instructor to discuss those issues after class on the first class session, or as any such issues may arise.
Assignments
Discussion Lead: Students will work to provide the class with external resources prior to class meetings, as well as leading discussion exercises for that class meeting. Points will be compiled based upon the overall preparation of the group, the quality of sources utilized, ability to lead class discussion and instructor and peer reviews. Further detail will be provided in the first class meeting. NOTE: Individual student participation will be based upon class participation during these discussions and attendance records.
Research Paper: Students will culminate work in the course with an original research paper on a topic of their choosing. Students are encouraged to select from course topics/sub-topics that are addressed within class discussions and readings. This paper should conform to APA stylistic formatting, contain primary academic sources and use well-developed reasoning and analytical thinking skills to investigate a contemporary sport management topic in an in-depth manner.
Quizzes: There will be a total of 4 quizzes given throughout the semester. The quizzes will generally not be cumulative; however, I reserve the right to change this if I deem it necessary. Students will be allowed to use their notes and the textbook on these quizzes.
Pop Quizzes: Pop quizzes from the readings, in class activities, and lecture. Quizzes will be unannounced and may take place at any time during any class period. If you are not present (tardy), you will not have the opportunity to earn these points. Pop quizzes may only be made up for justified absences due to university sponsored events and the instructor has been notified prior to the absence.
Exam 1: Exam 1 will cover all materials presented in this class from the beginning of the semester until the midpoint of the semester. This includes readings from the book, lecture notes, and information on quizzes. The exam will be a closed-book exam.
Exam 2: Exam 2 will be much like the Exam 1. Exam 2 will not be cumulative, it will cover materials presented after the midpoint of the semester. This includes readings from the book, lecture notes, and information on quizzes. The Exam will be a closed-book exam.
Grades (final grades will not be rounded)
A 90 – 100%
B+ 88 – 89%
B 80 – 87%
C+ 78 – 79%
C 70 – 77%
D+ 68 – 69%
D 60 – 67%
F 59 % and Below
Quizzes (4): 100
Pop Quizzes: 50
Written Exams (2): 200
Discussion Lead: 50
Research Paper: 100
Total Points: 500
PLEASE NOTE: All scores for graded assignments will be placed on Blackboard as expediently as possible once they are submitted. Once grades are posted, the class will be informed either via email or with an in-class announcement. Once the class is informed of the grade posting, students should approach the instructor with any questions about the score within 48 HOURS. After the 48 hour period, posted scores will be “final”.
COURSE CALENDAR
August 26th Course Introduction, Developing a Professional Perspective (Ch. 2)
September 2nd Management and Leading in Sporting Organizations (Ch. 5)
September 9th Community and Youth Sport (Ch. 6)
Quiz 1
Research Paper Assigned
September 16th Research Paper Assignment Work Day
September 23rd Intercollegiate Athletics (Ch. 8)
September 30th Professional Sport (Ch. 9)
Quiz 2
October 7th Sport Management and Marketing Agencies, Sport Tourism (Ch 10, 11)
Quiz 3
October 14th Exam 1
October 21st Sport Facility and Event Management (Ch. 16)
October 28th Legal Considerations in Sport Management (Ch. 17)
November 4th Sociological Aspects of Sport (Ch. 18)
Quiz 4
November 11th A North American Perspective on International Sport (Ch. 19)
November 18th Research within the field of Sport Management (Ch. 20)
December 2nd Research Paper Due—Exam Review Given
December 16th, 6:00 PM Exam 2
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Inclement Weather
The University has a weather alert system (RAVE). Students can sign up at http://www.usi.edu/emergency/alerts.asp and receive accurate and timely text information about weather related decisions - whether the university is open or closed for business. In the case of inclement weather, students need to exercise sound judgment about driving to class and make a decision based on their safety first.
H1N1 flu
In compliance with the Vanderburgh County Department of Health, the Indiana Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, students should NOT attend class or any campus gatherings while ill with flu symptoms.Students with flu symptoms will be asked to self isolate in housing or go home. It is very important that individuals avoid spreading the flu to others.
Most students should be able to complete a successful semester despite a flu-induced absence. Faculty may provide students, who are absent because of illness, with alternatemethods of instruction and a reasonable opportunity to make up missed work. The opportunity to complete assignments and exams supports the University's desire to enable students to make responsible decisions, including the decision to avoid spreading a contagious virus to other students, staff, and faculty, without endangering their academic work.Students should arrange as quickly as possible to make up missed assignments or exams.In case of faculty illness, an announcement will be made related to an alternate instruction delivery plan.
Students should inform their instructor by email as soon as possible that they are absent because of flu symptoms and report their flu-like symptoms on the Student Health Center web page www.usi.edu\studenthealth Information about the H1N1 flu can be found at the USI web site http://www.usi.edu/emergency
ADA Accommodations
If you have a disability for which you may require academic accommodations for this class, please register with Disability Resources (DR) as soon as possible. Students who have or who receive an accommodation letter from DR are encouraged to meet privately with course faculty to discuss the provisions of those accommodations as early in the semester as possible. To qualify for accommodation assistance, students must first register to use the disability resources in DR, Orr Center Rm. 095, 812-464-1961 http://www.usi.edu/disabilities. To help ensure that accommodations will be available when needed, students are encouraged to meet with course faculty at least 7 days prior to the actual need for the accommodation.
Academic Dishonesty (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 34)
Academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, cheating, submitting another person’s material as one’s own, or doing work for which another person will receive credit will subject a student to disciplinary action which may include dismissal from the University.
The benchmarks of any great university are high academic standards for both faculty and students. For this reason, truth and honesty are necessary to a university community. The University expects both students and faculty to adhere to these principles and to foster them daily. Put simply, this expectation requires each student to do his or her academic work without recourse to unauthorized means of any kind. Both students and faculty are expected to report instances of academic dishonesty. Faculty should explain the special hazards regarding academic honesty in their discipline. Faculty should also plan and supervise academic work carefully so honest effort will be encouraged. All of the prohibitions mentioned below also apply to the use of electronic, photographic, Internet-based, and other media for intellectual and artistic expression”.
Cheating (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 279-280)
A student must not intentionally use or attempt to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.
1. A student must not use external assistance during any examination unless the
instructor has specifically authorized such assistance. This prohibition includes (but is not limited to) the use of tutors, books, calculators, notes, formula lists, cues on a computer, photographs, and symbolic representations. Prohibition also includes transmission of information on any recording or communication device, such as cellular telephone, Internet appliance, digital camera, audio recorder, or personal digital assistant.
2. A student must not copy from another student’s work, including (but not
limited to) a test paper, project, product, performance, or electronic document or file.
3. A student must not take a test for someone else or permit someone else to take
a test for him or her. A student must not knowingly allow another student to copy one’s work in a test.
4. A student must not submit, during the same semester, substantial portions of
the same academic work for credit or honors more than once without
permission from all of the instructors who may be involved. In the event a
student seeks to submit in a current course a substantial portion of the same
academic work submitted in a previous course, then only the current instructor
need approve.
5. A student must not allow others to conduct research or to prepare any work for
him or her without advance authorization from the instructor. This prohibition
includes (but is not limited to) submitting another’s work as one’s own, or
using commercial term-paper companies or files of past papers maintained in a
residence hall or apartment.
6. Several people must not collaborate on a single project and turn in multiple
copies, all represented implicitly or explicitly as individual work.
Fabrication (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 280)
A student must not intentionally falsify or invent any information or citation in an academic exercise.
Plagiarism (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 80)
A student must not intentionally adopt or reproduce ideas, words or statements of another person without acknowledgment. A student must give due credit to the originality of others and properly reference the following:
1. Quoting another persons’ actual words;
2. Using another person’s ideas, opinion or theory;
3. Borrowing facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information
is common knowledge.
Interference (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 280)
A student must not steal, change, destroy, or impede another student’s work. Impeding another student’s work includes (but is not limited to) theft, defacement, or mutilation of common resources so as to deprive others of the information they contain.
Facilitating Academic Dishonesty (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 280)
A student must not intentionally or knowingly help or attempt to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.
Penalties and Procedures Related to Academic Misconduct (USI 2011-2013 Bulletin, 2011, p. 280)
An act of academic misconduct, even a first offense, places the student in jeopardy of the most severe form of sanction— expulsion from the University.
A. A faculty member who has observed an act of dishonesty or has other evidence that a student has committed an act prohibited in Section 3.1 shall initiate the process of determining whether the student is in violation of the policy. No penalty shall be imposed until the student has been informed of the charge, has been informed of the evidence on which it is based, and has been given an opportunity to respond.
B. If the faculty member finds by a preponderance of the evidence the student to be in violation of the academic honesty policy, he or she may assess a penalty affecting the specific project, paper, or test in which the act is found to have occurred. The student may appeal this penalty to the department chair.