KNS 382 - Social Issues in Sport

Students will gain a better understanding about the sports world and its interaction with society.This interaction will be presented in such a way to highlight the inherently contradictory nature of sport—positive, its values; and negative, its limitations.Our review of scholarly research on this topic will highlight the connections between sport and stratification issues such as gender, race, and class.We will also examine how sports are linked to key social institutions, including family life, politics, economics, education, and religion.Throughout, we will explore the culturally diverse and increasingly international character of sport.This in turn will allow the students to be better equipped to decide what roles sport will take in their lives.After taking this class students will likely appreciate the challenges sport faces, and be in a better position to understand and evaluate the decisions of sport leaders.

3 credits