SLD 501 - Contemporary Issues in Sport

Students will explore various types of research commonly used in sport. Sociological concepts, theories, and research will be analyzed and applied to the relationship of sport and society. Students will also be exposed to the major issues impacting contemporary sport and its participants including: performance-enhancing drugs; gender inequity; race and ethnicity; youth, adolescent, and adult programming; politics, governance, and globalization within the venues of amateur athletics, the Olympic Games, interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional sports. Students will be encouraged to examine these issues from a sport leader’s lens.

Credits: 3