SOSA 3170

If you spend any time in a social environment, read the newspaper, watch television or walk through any community in the world you are well aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. It is everywhere. It flavours our national culture and permeates big business, popular culture and politics. Sport has become its own medium of communication and has important ramifications for international and multicultural relationships. But few of us pause to think about the larger questions of history, money, politics, race, sex, culture, and commercialization that surround sports everywhere. This class encourages us to do just that.