2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 23, 2024  
2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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EXS 352 - Masculinity in Sport

Investigation of how masculinity in sport is portrayed by the media, by educational systems and by other social institutions. Traditional and nontraditional views and experiences of being an athlete and socialized into accepting masculine values will be examined through student experiences, literature and cinema. This course will offer a variety of views and perspectives that will be different from the norms that are found in sport today. Excludes freshmen. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe how athlete socialization into sport reinforces masculine values.
  2. Use social theoretical concepts and self-reflection to identify and illustrate how sport practices shape hegemonic masculinity.
  3. Construct models of how media develop images of men in sport.



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