Global Perspectives in Sport

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This course provides students with a global perspective about sport, including research and professional practice information, across diverse cultural, economic, political, and global contexts. Students are provided opportunities to examine the historical foundations of sport throughout the world from the earliest of times to the contemporary period. Topics include the Olympic/Paralympic Movement and other sport mega-events; the effects of sport development in the aftermath of 19th and 20th century; the impacts of globalization on sport; and sport as a vehicle for globalization. Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed