Schedule
Mon-Wed-Fri, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (1/9/2023 - 4/21/2023) Location: MAIN GF B21
Mon, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4/24/2023 - 4/24/2023) Location: FINAL
Description
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a historical understanding of the changing nature and cultural significance of sport and physical activity in the United States from the colonial period to the twentieth century. Factors such as religion, the political, social and economic system modernity, urbanization, gender, race, class, and ideas and attitudes about the body are examined, and their impact on sport considered.