INQ-300 | Sport and Society

Full Title: Sport and Society

Topic Description:

Many of us participate in or follow sports, but when we play tennis or watch the Super Bowl, we aren’t usually thinking about how society affects sport or how sport influences who we are. What role does sport play in the socialization of children and adults? How is sport connected to the economy, our schools, politics, religion, family, or our government? How does sport perpetuate or disrupt social inequalities based on race, gender, social class, or disability? How do media shape sport and our understanding of it? What problems—violence, substance abuse, eating disorders, and gabling—are reflected in or exacerbated by sport? This course will ask you to choose a problem or issue in sport for which you can offer a solution, whether it be the development of a program, policy, business, non-profit, event, research project, information campaign, or some other creative outcome.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: December 2017