2023-2024: Children and Youth in Sports Contexts

Undergraduate

Theoretical and applied issues in sports relating to child athletes. Topics may include definition of sports, training contexts, accessibility and accommodations, disability, race, gender and sexuality, long-term outcomes, field work relationships, ethical issues, and issues in training development, application, and evaluation. Restrictions: Open to students with a minimum of 5.0 overall credits, a minimum 60 percent overall average and permission of the Department. Prerequisite(s): One Social Sciences context credit Course Notes: Completion of an experiential component required by all students. Transportation to the experiential setting is a student responsibility. Students must submit an application to the appropriate police service in January, to assure police check is received by the Department no later than May 1. Permission for course registration will not be granted until the satisfactory police record check with a vulnerable sector screening is received by the Department. Cost associated with the police record check is a student responsibility. Students may also be required to complete mandatory training (i.e., Health and Safety, AODA) and other procedures associated with the experiential component. Failure to submit the completed, signed Experiential Setting Verification form (Attendance Record), or failure to complete the on-line course component, will result in a grade of F for the course. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term.