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SPAC 330 — ECONOMICS OF SPORTS

African Studies · University of Ghana

Investigates what economics has to say about sports as an economic activity: what tools of economic analysis apply to sports. Economics of sports focuses on professional and college sports. Course Objective To give students the theoretical knowledge of the emergence and growth of commercial sports and the general characteristics of commercial sports. Course Content Economic motives and the globalization of commercial sports. Media coverage and spectator interest. The use of sports for global expansion. Owners, sponsors and promoters in commercial sports.

Credits
2
Level
Level 200
Semester
Semester Two

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).