EXS 427 - Globalization and Sport

(O) To give a cultural and sociological background concerning the Western world's colonization and globalization of sport practices on a worldwide scale. An examination of the various sport practices used on a global level with respect to labor, migration, media, politics, race culture, gender, environment and social stratification will be examined during the semester.

Various social theories will be used to provide understanding of trends and changes in sports on a global level with attention given to theories that use an agency-structure theoretical perspective. (3 cr. hr.)