Sports, Society & Technology Classes for Spring

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The following are two new courses being offered Spring 2013.  If you are interested, please contact Dr. Johnny Smith at john.smith@hts.gatech.edu. You can also ask about Georgia Tech's new Sports, Society, and Technology Program!

HTS 3823 - Foundations of Sports Studies
This course is designed to teach students about the social, cultural, and economic importance of sports.!Students will learn about sport as a mass cultural phenomenon and its relationship with education, the economy, technology, families, communities, politics, and the media.! We will consider how race, gender, class, and ethnicity have shaped sporting experiences.! If you have a serious interest in studying sports and culture or have thought about a career in sports, you will enjoy this class.

HTS 2813 - History of Sports in America
In this course we will examine the American sporting experience from the colonial period through the 21st century. We will focus especially on the rise of organized sports institutions and how race, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion have shaped the relationship be- tween sport and society. Students will learn about the history of boxing, baseball, basketball, auto racing, horse racing, tennis, golf, college athletics, and the modern Olympic games. The main goal of the course is to use sports as a tool to better understand American history and how sports have shaped American culture.

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