HIST 260 - Sports in America

4 credit(s)
Course uses sports as a lens to understand the history and culture of American life from the Puritan era until the present. Football fields, ice rinks, baseball parks, and basketball courts hosted not only athletic competitions; they reflected and, in turn, influenced ideas about race, gender, class, and ethnicity. Through an analysis of newspaper articles, biographies, documentaries, and declarations, this class will investigate how sports transformed from the amateur ideal to a modern multi-billion dollar industry of professionals. Athletics also plays a ignificant role in the formation of personal identity, loyalty (at the local, state, and national level), and in political protests for social justice.
Offered: Offered alternative years.

Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Diverse Perspectives; Historical Context

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