All members of staff in the Department of Sport and Society are admitted to supervise Bachelor's and Master's theses. However, theses are only accepted by all if students have previously presented their project idea in an office hours session(guidelines for office hours sessions). The topic should be chosen by the student and developed into a one-page synopsis(Guidelines for the preparation of a synopsis) in advance of the office hours.
The formal design of the final theses should be based on the guidelines available from the Examinations Office and those of the German Association for Sports Science. The learning workshop of the Central Student Advisory Service also offers assistance.

On sociology:

• Elias, Norbert (2006): What is sociology? Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
• Korte, Hermann (2008): Introduction to the History of Sociology. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
• Treibel, Anette (2006): Introduction to contemporary sociological theories. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
• Schimank, Uwe (1999): What is sociology? In: Sociology 2/1999, pp. 9-22.

On Pierre Bourdieu:

• Krais, Beate; Gebauer, Gunter (2002): Habitus. Bielefeld: transcript.
• Schwingel, Markus (2003): Pierre Bourdieu as an introduction. Hamburg: Junius.

On the sociology of lifestyles:

• Soeffner, Hans Georg (2003): Sociology of lifestyles. In: Barck, Karlheinz et al. (eds.): Ästhetische Grundbegriffe vol. 5. Stuttgart and Weimar: Metzler, pp. 688-703.

On systems theory:

• Kneer, Georg; Nassehi, Armin (2000): Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems: an introduction. Munich: Fink.
• Berghaus, Margot (2004): Luhmann made easy. Cologne [et al:] Böhlau

On practice theory:

• Alkemeyer, T./Brümmer, K./Kodalle, R./Pille, T. (eds.): Ordnung in Bewegung - Choreographien des Sozialen. Bodies in sport, dance, work and education. Bielefeld: transcript 2009.
• Reckwitz, Andreas (2003): Basic elements of a theory of social practices. In: Journal of Sociology, 4, pp. 282-301.
• Schatzki, Theodore (2002): The Site of the Social. University Park. (Preface and Ch. 2: Practices).
• Schmidt, Robert (2012): Sociology of Practices. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. (Ch. 2: Dimensions and sponsorships of social practices).