ATS3391 Worlds of sport: Business, politics, media and geographies
Faculty of Arts
ATS3391 Worlds of sport: Business, politics, media and geographies is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2026 in Summer B at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Summer B
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3391
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3391
No unit lists ATS3391 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2391
Overview
In this unit, you will examine sport within wider global, economic, political and geographic contexts. You will investigate how rudimentary community games morphed into global sport and sport businesses fuelled by industrialization, capital accumulation, advances in transport and increased leisure time. You will explore the role of sport and major sporting events in shaping the geographies of Australian and international cities and their local communities. You will interrogate the power of financial, political and cultural power of sporting organizations, business, industry and the media and how they impact ‘glocal’ agendas and refashioning cityscapes. You will explore how Melbourne and other post-industrial cities have reinvented themselves through sport as global sporting centres in an age when sport is spectacle and the stadium a theatre of capitalist consumption.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester B | Caulfield | On campus, block |
| Summer semester B | Clayton | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Multimedia journalArtefact30%
- Reflective writingWritten25%
- EssayWritten45%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Recognise and interpret sport as a cultural, economic, political and geographical phenomenon in global and urban contexts;
- 2
Critically analyse and reflect upon key issues and historiographical debates in the study of global sport, including the complex interplay between community ideals and aspirations, commercial and political concerns, development and individual concerns, and the role of the media in the development, representation and ownership of sport;
- 3
Explain theoretical debates about the process of globalisation on Australian and international sporting economies, cities and cultures;
- 4
Conduct research and construct arguments using a variety of primary and secondary sources;
- 5
Collaborate with peers and work independently to communicate research in a variety of formats and to a range of audiences.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Thomas Heenan
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Thomas Heenan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3391?
ATS3391 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3391 offered?
In 2026, ATS3391 runs in Summer B at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS3391?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3391 have an exam?
No. ATS3391 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.