Sociology of Sport.

Catalog description

Sports are a large part of social life in the U.S. and around the world. People grow up playing sports and/or spend countless hours watching them. This course focuses on how the world of sports is a microcosm of society and an arena through which we can understand more about our society's dynamics, values, and problems. The course covers a broad range of historical and contemporary sports issues through a sociological lens. Focus will be given to the intersections between sports and topics such as gender, race, inequality, health, politics, economics, culture, and more. The overarching theme of the course is to understand the complex, interconnected relationship between sports and society.