Sports/Amer Culture

Catalog description

This course focuses on sports as a major social institution. Students will use the lens of sociology to examine how sport affects many spheres of social life. The course will analyze racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and violence in sport as well as the relationship between sports and the mainstream media, politics, and the economy. Although the main focus of the course will be on sports in the United States, other societies will be explored to gain a wider perspective through comparison and contrast. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences as athletes and fans.