Upon completion of this course, through oral and written discussion and examination, students will be able to:
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Apply the methods and perspective of sociology to the analysis of sports in contemporary society. (Historical/Societal Analysis, Mathematical/Scientific Reasoning)
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Identify and explain the attributes of sporting activities which lead to the sociological categorization of sport as an “emergent social institution” (Critical Thinking, Historical/Societal Analysis).
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Describe and analyze the complex interrelationship between this emergent social institution and other social institutions (Historical/Societal Analysis)
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Identify a need for information and collect, analyze, organize and evaluate information from a variety of sources that apply to the sporting culture both popular (film, newspaper, magazine, internet, television) and academic (texts, journals, trade publications) (Information Literacy).