THEME: Critically Examining the World’s Game in London and Seville
What role does sport play in a society? Given their deep sporting history and current success on the world stage, London and Seville provide students rich and unique opportunities to investigate how sport and society intersect as well as how globalization impacts each.
The program will immerse students in sporting cultures where athletes, coaches, fans and leaders in the sport industry are among the most knowledgeable and passionate in the world. Along with classroom activities, guest speakers, site visits, and field experiences will encourage students to explore first hand British and Spanish culture. A rewarding aspect of the program will be a service-learning project in Seville that will engage students in coaching, teaching, and learning with and from local school children.
Students must have sophomore, junior, or senior status in the 2019-2020 academic year.
18 Credits
Students enroll in three regular courses and an additional independent reading course for a total of 18 credits. POSC 238 counts as POSC elective, POSI elective (POSI-DSS).
PE 338: Global Athletics (6 Credits)
With their rich history and current success, English and Spanish sport will serve as a framework to examine the emergence of contemporary athletics and current issues facing participants, coaches, administrators, and spectators. The course will explore the world of sport and specifically football (soccer) from a generalist’s perspective. London and Seville will provide rich and unique opportunities to learn how sport and society intersect. With classroom activities, site visits, field trips to matches, museums, and stadiums students will examine sport from an historical and cultural perspective while keeping in mind how our globalized world impacts sport. Lastly, we will seek to understand ways athletics can break down barriers and create understanding between others.
Instructor: Bob Carlson
POSC 238: Globalization and Development: Lessons from International Football (6 Credits)
This course uses international football (soccer) as a lens to analyze topics in globalization, such as immigration and labor, inequality, foreign investment, trade in services, and intellectual property. Students will be presented with key debates in these areas and then use cases from international football as illustrations. Focusing on the two wealthiest leagues in Europe, the English Premier League and the Spanish Liga, students will address key issues in the study of globalization and development, and in doing so enhance their understanding of the world, sports, and sport’s place in the world.
Instructor: Ken Shadlen, London School of Economics
PE 340: Introductory Coaching Practicum (4 Credits) / PE 174: PE Activity Credit
Designed for students who may or may not have any previous playing or coaching experience, this course will cover introductory methods of coaching and teaching young athletes. Specifically, students will practice methods of teaching skills, structure, and strategies of team-oriented sports. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the coaching profession at different levels, developing coaching skills and creating a philosophy of coaching in a cross-cultural setting.
*The practicum centers on a service-learning project in Seville offering free sport clinics to a local school. No previous coaching experience required.
Instructor: Bob Carlson
PE 290: Directed Reading (2 Credits S/CR/NC)
Prior to departure students will read selected works that highlight the sporting and cultural history of Great Britain and Spain. Understanding of these readings will be evaluated through discussion and written work in London and Seville. Students will also complete two short projects to prepare for observing, coaching, and examining sport abroad.
Instructor: Bob Carlson
Bob Carlson, Professor of Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation
Bob Carlson has taught and coached soccer at Carleton since 1997. Helping students of all abilities enjoy and appreciate the rewards of sport, he looks forward to sharing his coaching and teaching expertise in these exciting settings.
Students will be housed in apartments in London and homestays in Seville.
In addition to attendance at professional matches and other sporting events within and around each city, there will be visits to athletic clubs and museums, opportunities to hear from leaders in the sports industry and participation in a variety of cultural activities. Also included are two trips outside London and Seville, plus a service-learning project at a local school in Seville.
Program dates roughly correspond to the Carleton academic term. Specific dates will be communicated to program participants.
All Carleton-sponsored 10-week off-campus study programs charge the Carleton comprehensive fee, which includes instruction, room and board, group excursions, public transportation, medical and evacuation insurance, travel assistance, and most cultural events.
Students are responsible for books and supplies, passports and visas (when required), transportation to and from the program sites, and personal expenses and travel during the seminar. Students will receive a program-specific Additional Cost Estimate at the time of acceptance.
Student financial aid is applicable as on campus. See the Off-Campus Studies website for further information on billing, financial aid, and scholarships.
