Like the study guides, the video and audio tapes also feature experts from a range of areas and cultures, from the CRSS and from around the world. The amount of time students devote to their studies obviously varies from person to person and their particular circumstances. It depends upon such things as their domestic and occupational responsibilities and differential capacities to absorb the material. However, we would estimate that, on average, most students would need to allocate 10 to 12 hours per week to their studies. It is important to emphasise that the course materials have been designed to help students to develop their study skills.
Most students have no prior academic experience of sociology.
Many students have not been involved in formal education for many years. It would be foolish of us to think that such students can pick up the reins of academic study and become fully developed sociologists of sport over night. Realism informs our approach. The programme is founded on a consistent commitment to the steady development of students' skills and knowledge. These developmental principles not only apply to the structure of the study materials but also inform our assessment of the rate at which our students might realistically be expected to progress.