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Hilda A Pettit
2/27/2012
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Course Catalog Update Information:
STU0004
Reference Number: CCU003602
Date: 12-JAN-12
Level: 2.00 of 3.00
Currently On The Worklist Of: Joanne Arhar, jarhar
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services, 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559, curriculum@kent.edu
Basic Course Data
Change type: Revise
Faculty member submitting this proposal: Mulrooney
Requested Effective Term: 201210
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: TLC-Teaching Learning and Curriculum Studies
Course Subject: PEP-Physical Education - Professional
New Course Subject: SPAD-Sports Administration
Course Number: 25059
New Course Number: 25000
Course Title: SPORT IN SOCIETY
Title Abbreviation: SPORT IN SOCIETY
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Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: Yes
If yes, course attributes: 1. DIVD-Diversity Course-Domestic 2.
3.
Can this course be repeated for credit: No
Repeat
Course Limit:
Course Level: Undergraduate
Grade Rule: B-Standard letter
OR Maximum Hours:
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable):
Schedule Type(s): 1. LEC-Lecture 2.
3.
Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description: Analysis of how sport relates to the social relations and cultural
values of United States society. The course is framed by a critical evaluative perspective, examining how social class,
ethnicity, race and gender relations contour sport practices. Prerequisite: None.
Catalog Description (edited):
Prerequisites (edited):
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Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
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I. What is the Sociological Perspective
a. What is the relationship between
sport and society? b. Functionalism,
Conflict & Cultural Studies
frameworks. c. Whose rules count in
US society sport?
II Is sport a form of Religion? a.
Similarities and differences b.
Protestant ethic and the Spirit of
Sports
III Is Sport a Form of War? a. The
Agonal origins of sport b. Sport Status
and peer group solidarity c. Sport and
Violence: Cause or cure?
IV. Does sport build character? a.
Games ideology and Victorian England
b. Victorian notions of health c.
Sociostructural change & the rise of
the Middle Class
V. Sport and Gender Relations a.
Catagoric, Distributive and Relational
analysis b. Sport and Homophobia
VI. Race, Sport and American Culture
a. The myth of racial superiority b. The
myth of meritocracy
VII. Conclusion: Sport is more that a
reflection of society
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Total Contact Hours: 45
Textbook(s) used in this course: Coakley, Jay (1998). Sport in Society. St. Louis: CV Mosby. Kochman, Thomas (1981).
Black and white styles in conflict. Chicago: University of Chicago.
Writing Expectations: Written examinations, in-class and take-home assignments
Instructor(s) expected to teach: Chandler, Schimmel, Stadulis
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Schimmel
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
Change prefix and course number from PEP 25059 to SPAD 25000
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
None
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
None
Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
None
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
None
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Diversity
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Writing--Intensive (WIC)
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2/24/2012 Alexa L Sandmann Approved
1/11/2012 Aaron L Mulrooney Initially Saved As Draft
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