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Center For Sports Governance - Courses

Courses

The University of Colorado-Boulder Department of Athletics Sports Governance Center hosts and partners with other units on campus to teach undergraduate and graduate students about various issues related to sport in the natural, biological and social sciences as well as in the arts and humanities.

ETHN 3104: The Governance of Sport
Spring 2014, Roger Pielke, Jr.

The goal of this course is to introduce students in issues of governance in various societal settings as viewed through the lens of sport. As Jens Sejer Andersen has noted, Sport is an expression of civilization.? Through readings, discussions and individual and group projects students will engage a wide range of scholarly and popular literature, film and guest speakers to critically engage important issues that arise in the governance of sport. Read more ...

COMM 3000: Communication, Sport & Society
Summer 2014, Jamie Skerski

How and when did GÇ£playGÇ¥ become such a serious, high-stakes endeavor? n++How does being a GÇ£fanGÇ¥ at a ball game collapse otherwise divisive economic class distinctions? Why are male athletes often referred to by last name, but female athletes by first name? Why does the NFL GÇ£go pinkGÇ¥ every October and what are the implications? How does the concept of GÇ£free agencyGÇ¥ impact GÇ£communityGÇ¥ for both fans and players? Read more ...

Critical Sports Studies, CU Ethnic Studies Department
Spring 2014

Critical sport studies which examines sports and their social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that engages cultural studies, the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields such as business and law. Though few students are aware of the field before reaching college, universities in the United States and around the globe are increasingly engaging in the sociocultural study of sports. Read more ...