MAN-20139 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Sport is beginning to wake up to the impact it has on the environment. However, as many sports organisations make efforts to become carbon zero, this topic and area has become crucial in the future direction of the industry. Utilising Keele University's strong background in environmental sustainability and applying this to the sports industry, this module will encourage students to critically evaluate the practices of sports organisations and their promises for a more sustainable future. Students will then consider practical recommendations, informed by academic and commercial perspectives and good practice to consider how the sports industry can become greener and therefore more sustainable.

The aim of this module is to consider the relationship between sport business management and the environment and the practical implications of this relationship.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Discuss the relationship between the sport industry, the natural environment and sustainability.: 1,2
Discuss how sports practitioners can adapt and react to become more environmentally sustainable.: 2
Synthesise a range of academic and commercial perspectives on how sport can become more environmentally sustainable to inform practical recommendations.: 2

Study hours

Lectures: 12 hours
Seminars: 12 hours
Lecture/seminar prep: 24 hours
Assessment preparation: 52 hours
Private study: 50 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment