SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: English competency. Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity. Applies basic sociological concepts and theories to explore, analyze, and explain sports' role in our everyday lives. Topics include (but are not limited to): sport and culture, sport and socialization, sport and race, sport and gender, sport and the economy, and sport and politics. The core theme is to understand the interconnected relationship between how organized and professional sports shape and is being shaped by society.