- Youth Sports in the United States

Catalog description

This course will examine the role and significance of sport in the lives of youth in the United States. Students will be introduced to the many issues and challenges facing athletic competition amongst children and adolescents today. The course will explore cultural, political, and socio-economic matters as they relate to youth involvement in sport. Students will view sport as a social institution, and as such, examine the impact of sport in American society, and how the differing structures of our society impact youth involvement in athletic competition. The course will also examine youth sports as an industry, and how it influences institutions and corporations, and the relationship of youth sport to a number of entities like government, education, media, business, and religion across the U.S. landscape.