Academic Catalog 2024-2025

HI 380 American Sports History

This topical course examines American sport over the course of the nation’s history in relation to political, economic, social, and cultural developments. Specifically, the class will focus on the growth of organized sports and how race, class, gender, ethnicity, capitalism, nationalism, globalization, and religion have crafted a relationship between sports and American society. From this course, students will develop a better understanding of the history of America through an assessment of the influence that sports have had in shaping American culture. For majors, this will be categorized under the Americas concentration.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EN 110 or EN 111

Offered

As Needed