Instructions for completing Form #3 are in Section II.A.3 in the EPC Manual
Anne Arundel Community
College Educational
Policies and Curriculum
Committee
EPC USE ONLY
Form #3 - New Course
Date Submitted:_11/14/11___
Arts and Sciences
School
EPC NO.:__A&S-69___
Department
Sports Studies
Dr. Daniel Symancyk
11/14/11
Matthew Yeazel
11/14/11
Signature of Approving Dean
Date
Signature of Approving Department Chair/Program
Manager
Date
Matthew R. Yeazel, Ph.D.
11/14/11
2061
Initiator
Date
Phone Extension of Initiator
EPC Subcommittee Review
Carlene Cassidy
11/18/11
Date
Subcommittee Chair
EPC Committee Action
Approved
Disapproved
11/30/11
Date
Academic Council Action
Approved
Disapproved
2/9/12
Date
New Course Information
1.
Suggested Course Prefix & No.:
SPT 123
2.
Suggested Course Title:
Sports in America
3.
Credit Hours
3
5.
Lab Fee/
Yes (If yes, submit Form 10A)
Instructional Fee
6.
Other Fees (Travel expenses, admission fees, etc.)
7.
Brief justification
of other fee:
Will this course be cross listed with other departments?
Approved Course Prefix & No. :
4.
Anticipated date of initial offering:
No
Amount:
Yes
No
Yes
Signature of approving cross listing department: :
8.
Check any or all that apply:
Program Requirement
Amount:
No If yes, please list course Prefix & No.
Matt Yeazel
Submit Form:
N/A
Specify program
Program Elective
Transfer Studies AA Degree, Sports Studies Option
Specify program
General Education
#6 – General Education Course
Diversity
#12A – Diversity Course
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
Fall 2012
Approved
AMS 123
Computer Competency
#7 – Computer and Information Technologies Worksheet
Special Topics course
#5– New Special Topics Course
If you checked general education, select all of the following categories that apply:
Arts and Humanities
Biological & Physical Sciences
English Composition
Health/Fitness/Wellness
Interdisciplinary Studies and Emerging Issues
Mathematics
Computer Technology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
This course has been taught at AACC since Winter 1995 and the purpose of this Form 3 is
for cross-listing. This class will serve as the cornerstone course in the AA in Transfer
9. Statement of purpose and need
Studies, Sports Studies Option. Sports studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that AACC
for the course:
needs to be at the forefront of, especially when considering Student Success 2020.
SPT 123
Sports in America
3 credit hours — Three hours weekly; one term.
Examine the role, function and significance of sports and their impact on the hearts and
10. Complete Catalog Description
minds of Americans. Research topics such as myths and legends, rituals and ceremonies,
women and sports, amateurs and professionals, the business of sports and sports as a
secular religion.
Note: Also offered as AMS 123; credit is not given for both SPT 123 and AMS 123.
11. Does this course require any of the following? If so, please list these along with other notes and special requirements in the
course description.
a. Co-requisites:
Yes
No
Restate Co-requisite
statement from the
catalog description:
b.
Prerequisites:
Yes
No
Restate Prerequisite
statement from the
catalog description:
12. Has this course been taught as a special topics course?
Yes
No
If yes, enter the course number and
semester(s) taught:
13. Credit Hours: - __3___
Choose one:
Credit-bearing course
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
Developmental equivalent credit hours
14. Contact Hours Calculation
List contact hours per semester. Please read “Time Requirements for Award of College Credit” in Section III.G.2 of the EPC
Manual
Contact Hours
Lecture
Laboratory (select one) :
Regular
Directed
Other (select one):
Practicum
Clinical
Recitation (music)
Total Contact Hours
45
45
Within the state of Maryland, the following colleges were consulted:
Cecil College, Harford College, Howard Community College, Wor-Wic
College, Chesapeake College, College of Southern Maryland, Allegheny
College, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore City
Community College, Frederick Community College, Hagerstown
Community College, Garrett College, Montgomery College, and Prince
George’s Community College.
15. Colleges and Universities consulted during course
development:
16. Level at which four-year colleges and universities
offer this course:
If course is usually an upper level course, explain
why it is being offered at freshman/sophomore
level.
Four year Universities:
Capital College, Bowie State, University of Maryland (College Park,
Baltimore, Baltimore County, University College and Eastern Shore
campuses), Coppin State, Frostburg, Goucher College, Hood College,
McDaniel, Morgan State, Mt. Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame, Salisbury,
Stevenson College, Towson University, University of Baltimore, and
Washington College.
Outside the state of Maryland, the following colleges were consulted:
Cornell, Georgetown University, Hamilton College, and the United States
Sports Academy.
Offered as Lower level course at Chesapeake College, Montgomery
College, Capital College, Notre Dame, Stevenson, and University of
Maryland. It is transferable as a lower level course at: Capital College,
Coppin State, Frostburg, Hood, Morgan State, Mt. St. Mary’s, Towson,
University of Baltimore and University of Maryland.
Course is usually offered as a lower level course.
17. Have you consulted with Truxal Library staff to ensure that adequate resources (books, reference materials, online
databases) are available to support this course/program?
Yes
No
18. Grade Policy:
A/F
Other
If Pass/Fail or Other, give brief rationale:
Pass/Fail
19. Repeatable for additional credit:
Yes
No
If yes, enter maximum credits allowed: ______
20. Maximum section size:
If fewer than 20, state rationale:
Lecture
Lab
Other(specify type)
Recitation
21. Facility Required:
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
45
General Purpose
Explain what kind of Special Purpose facility is needed:
Special Purpose
22. Continuing Education Share – Is this course to be
shared with Continuing EducationYes
If yes, state rationale:
No
The checklist that follows contains the documentation required to accompany this proposal
form. Submit all documents in one email to the EPC Committee Chair and the Secretary.
Form #3 Checklist
(See “Instructions for Submitting Electronic Forms” in Section II.B of the EPC Manual)
Document
Form # 3 – New Course Form
Form #3A – Course Outline
WIDS Course Outcomes Summary
Form #10A – Recommendation to Create a New Course Lab Fee
As Appropriate:
Please submit the following forms,
Form #6 – General Education Course
Form #12A – Diversity Course
Form #7 – Computing and Information Technologies Competency Designated Course
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
Attached
N/A
Form #3A – Course Outline
Instructions for completing Form #3A are in Section II.A.4 in the EPC Manual
ARNOLD, MARYLAND
Course Information:
Course Name:
Sports in America
Course Number:
SPT 123
Credit Hours:
3
Initiator:
Matthew Yeazel
School:
Arts & Sciences
Department:
American Studies
Date:
11/11/11
EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL EDUCATION
INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
DIVERSITY
COMPUTING AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY
OTHER:
DEVELOPMENTAL
NONE OF THESE
*Course
Category (ies):
Catalog Description:
SPT 123
Sports in America
3 credit hours — Three hours weekly; one term.
Examine the role, function and significance of sports and their impact on the hearts and minds of Americans. Research topics such as
myths and legends, rituals and ceremonies, women and sports, amateurs and professionals, the business of sports and sports as a
secular religion.
Note: Also offered as AMS 123; credit is not given for both AMS 123 and SPT 123.
Division Of Subject Matter:
Lecture
Hours
Main Topics
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
Sports in Early and Colonial America
Sports in the Early United States
Rise of Prizefighting
Sports in the Age of Theodore Roosevelt
Youth Sports
Growth of America from 1920s to 1950s
Rise of Women’s Sports
Sports and Civil Rights
Growth of Professional Sports through Television
Rise of College Sports
American Sports Around the Globe
Sports and the Modern Era
Testing
Total
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
7
2
2
2
2
4
45
Directed/
Lab
Hours
Practicum/
Clinical
Detailed Course Outline
Main Topic
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Sports in Early and Colonial America
1.1 Native American sporting events
1.2 Influence of King James’ Book of Sports
1.3 Puritanical influence
1.4 Sports in the early South
1.5 Sports and slavery
1.5.1 Frederick Douglass and sports
1.5.2 Sports and the “Black Codes”
1.6 American Revolution
1.7 Class issues
1.7.1 Impact of entrenched class differences on sports
1.7.2 Reaction of elites to lower classes and immigrants
1.8 Early sports and women
1.8.1 Early restrictions on women in sports
1.8.2 Suffrage
1.9 Early development of baseball
Sports in the Early United States
2.1 Impact of the American aristocracy
2.2 John Cox Stevens
2.2.1 Horse racing
2.2.2 Elysian Fields
2.3 Pedestrianism
2.4 Rowing
2.5 Billiards
Rise of Prizefighting
3.1 John L. Sullivan
3.2 Sullivan-Kilrain
3.3 Sullivan-Corbett
Sports in the Age of Theodore Roosevelt
4.1 Muscular Christianity
4.2 National desire for Empire
4.3 Criticism of muscular Christianity
4.4 Rise of football
4.4.1 Walter Camp
4.4.2 Paul Robeson
4.5 Jack Johnson
4.5.1 Racism and racist pseudoscience
4.5.2 First African American world’s heavyweight champion
4.5.3 Johnson vs. Jefferies
4.5.4 Racist backlash against Johnson
Youth Sports
5.1 Economic changes in culture
5.2 School changes
5.3 Sports and character building
5.4 Sports fiction
5.5 YMCA
5.6 Luther Gulick, Jr.
5.7 Gulick and the psychology of play course
5.7.1 Basketball
5.7.2 Volleyball
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11
Lecture
Hours
3
3
3
3
3
Directed
/Lab
Hours
Practicum/
Clinical
6.0
7.0
8.0
5.7.3 Rise of organized sports
Growth of America from 1920s to 1950s
6.1 Technology and efficiency in the culture
6.2 Newspapers and The Sports Page
6.2.1 Grantland Rice
6.2.2 Changes in sports writing
6.3 Golden Gloves boxing
6.4 Radio
6.5 Consumer Culture
6.6 Unions and union-busting
6.7 Negro leagues
6.8 Stadiums and community issues
Rise of Women’s Sports
7.1 Stigma or prestige
7.1.1 Rejection of Victorian ideas
7.1.2 “Athletic Girl” idea
7.2 Class differences
7.3.1 Role of the “idle rich” in development of women’s athletic clubs
7.3.2 Mary Outerbridge and the popularity of tennis
7.3.3. 1887: First Women’s Tennis Tournament
7.3 Babe Didrikson
7.4 Importance of Women’s Basketball
7.5.1 Northeast proliferation of teams
7.5.2 Role in challenging traditional gender roles
7.5.3 Spalding and Berenson’s Rules
7.5.4 Important Athletes in Women’s Basketball
7.5.3.1 Carol Blazejowski
7.5.3.2 Ann Meyers
7.5.3.3 Nancy Lieberman
7.5.3.4 Cheryl Miller
7.5 Women’s baseball
7.6.1 Genesis
7.6.2 Concern of Wrigley’s motivations
7.6 Women’s Tennis
7.6.1 Early Pioneers (Lenglen and Wells)
7.6.2 Margaret Smith Court
7.6.3 Billie Jean King
7.6.4 Chris Evert
7.6.5 Martina Navratilova
7.6.6 Modern Era
Sports and Civil Rights
8.1 To be political or not?
8.2 Jackie Robinson vs. Malcolm X
8.3 Muhammad Ali (originally Cassius Clay)
8.3.1 Clay and the 1960 Olympics
8.3.2 Clay and politics
8.3.3 Clay vs. Liston
8.3.4 Clay’s conversion to Islam and becoming Muhammad Ali
8.3.5 Ali vs. Patterson
8.3.6 Ali and the Vietnam War
8.3.7 Ali and Frazier
8.4 Bill Russell
8.5 Texas Western vs. Kentucky
8.6 1968 Olympic games
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3
8
7
8.6.1 Olympic project for human rights
8.6.2 Black power salute: John Carlos and Tommie Smith
9.0 Growth of Professional Sports through Television
9.1 Growth of major sports
9.2 Marketing of professional sports
10.0 Rise of College Sports
10.1 Growth and power of NCAA
10.1.1 Origins of the NCAA
10.1.2 Title IX
10.2 Popularity of college football
10.3 Popularity of college basketball
11.0 American Sports Around the Globe
11.1 Politics of the Olympic games
11.2 Sports in the global marketplace
12.0 Sports and the Modern Era
12.1 Diversity Issues
12.1.1
Sexual orientation
12.1.2
Disability Issues
12.2 Influence of sports on modern culture
12.3 Sports and politics
Testing
2
2
2
2
Total
4
45
Textbooks
Title
Author
Publisher
Year of
Publication
ISBN
People’s History of Sports in the United States
Zirin
New Press
2008
978-1-59558-477-9
American Sports
Rader
Prentice Hall
2009
978-0-205-66515-0
References (Optional)
*NOTE: Eligibility for any of these categories must be clearly evident from the content of the detailed course
outline.
EPC Form 3 – Revised 6/11