SOC 3400 - Sport and Society

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)

The sociological perspective is employed in order to examine the social institution of sport. Students examine sports in context with other social institutions and their dialectical relationship, as well as how sports both influence and are influenced by other social processes relating to gender, family, race, ethnicity, deviance, violence and social class. Preq: SOC 2010 or SOC 2020.