HTS 2813 History of Sports in America
Tuesday/Thursday 9:35 – 10:55
Dr. Johnny Smith
Course DescriptionThis course examines the American sporting experience from the colonial period through century. We will focus especially on the rise of organized sports institutions and how race, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion have shaped the relationship between sport and society. Students will learn about the histories of boxing, baseball, basketball, football, auto racing, horse racing, tennis, golf, college athletics, and the modern Olympic games. This is not a course in sports trivia. Rather, 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.
HTS 3813 Gender and Sports
Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-1:25
Dr. Mary McDonald
Course Description
This course draws upon sociological, cultural studies and feminist perspectives to examine the pivotal interactions of gender and sports. While we will discuss the significance of gender in reference to the men’s sports, the course will center on the historical and contemporary experiences of women's involvement in US sport and physical activity in a variety of settings including recreational, high school, college and professional sport. We will also explore how race, class, and sexuality all structure opportunities and experiences in sport and the ways in which sporting bodies reinforce and challenge existing bodily norms. Because assumptions about women, men, gender, sexuality and sport have greatly influenced popular and scholarly notions concerning the topic, this course also provides an opportunity to critique existing scholarship and popular public sentiment.
INTA 3242 Soccer and Global Politics
Tuesday/Thursday 9:35 – 10:55
Dr. Johnny Smith
Course DescriptionThis course examines the American sporting experience from the colonial period through century. We will focus especially on the rise of organized sports institutions and how race, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion have shaped the relationship between sport and society. Students will learn about the histories of boxing, baseball, basketball, football, auto racing, horse racing, tennis, golf, college athletics, and the modern Olympic games. This is not a course in sports trivia. Rather, 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.
HTS 3813 Gender and Sports
Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-1:25
Dr. Mary McDonald
Course Description
This course draws upon sociological, cultural studies and feminist perspectives to examine the pivotal interactions of gender and sports. While we will discuss the significance of gender in reference to the men’s sports, the course will center on the historical and contemporary experiences of women's involvement in US sport and physical activity in a variety of settings including recreational, high school, college and professional sport. We will also explore how race, class, and sexuality all structure opportunities and experiences in sport and the ways in which sporting bodies reinforce and challenge existing bodily norms. Because assumptions about women, men, gender, sexuality and sport have greatly influenced popular and scholarly notions concerning the topic, this course also provides an opportunity to critique existing scholarship and popular public sentiment.
INTA 3242 Soccer and Global Politics
Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-1:25
Dr. Kirk Bowman
Course Description
Soccer is both the global game, uniting continents and nations, and a source of intense local identity and fracturing of national identity, resulting in street battles and violence in many cities. The pulling of identity towards a larger identity in Italy, Africa, and Brazil and the use of soccer to weaken national identity and favor local ideas of nationalism and citizenship is what makes soccer a fascinating and enduring element in international and comparative politics. Identity is not the only political or social manifestation that can be highlighted through soccer. In fact, soccer is an excellent lens to examine and understand a great many of the key features of global politics, such as: Inequality, elections, gender representation, war, ethnic and religious divisions, global human trafficking, human rights, and the processes of globalization to name but a few.
Dr. Kirk Bowman
Course Description
Soccer is both the global game, uniting continents and nations, and a source of intense local identity and fracturing of national identity, resulting in street battles and violence in many cities. The pulling of identity towards a larger identity in Italy, Africa, and Brazil and the use of soccer to weaken national identity and favor local ideas of nationalism and citizenship is what makes soccer a fascinating and enduring element in international and comparative politics. Identity is not the only political or social manifestation that can be highlighted through soccer. In fact, soccer is an excellent lens to examine and understand a great many of the key features of global politics, such as: Inequality, elections, gender representation, war, ethnic and religious divisions, global human trafficking, human rights, and the processes of globalization to name but a few.
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