COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF SPORT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and ( POLI SCI 120 or 182 ) or graduate standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the political economy of sport in a global context. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Study the political culture of sport. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss the politics of identity (nationalism, race, ethnicity, social class, religion, and gender) that is usually associated with sport. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the political economy of sport in a global context. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Study the political culture of sport. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss the politics of identity (nationalism, race, ethnicity, social class, religion, and gender) that is usually associated with sport. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate