Sports and Society

Catalog description

This course studies sports in American society through the lens of Sociology. The course uses the basics of Sociology to explore the relationship between sports and major social institutions, including the economy, mass media, politics, and religion. The course also examines the relationship between sports and structural social inequalities related to race, class, and gender. From sports’ early beginnings in the United States, to the present state of modern sports, and into the future, this course describes how sports and society work to shape one another.