In the Department of Sport and Society, all staff members are granted admission to supervise Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. However, theses will only be accepted by any member of staff if students have first presented their project idea during office hours (Guidelines for Office Hours). The topic should be chosen by the student and developed into a one-page synopsis (Guidelines for Writing a Synopsis) in the run-up to office hours.
The formal structure of theses should follow the guidelines available from the Examinations Office and those of the German Association for Sports Science. Further assistance is also available from the Lernwerkstatt at the Central Study Counselling Service.

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).