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Apr 19, 2024
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EXS 356 - Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sport Investigation into the multi-faceted aspects of human performance enhancement in sports. Examination of the use and problem of human performance enhancers from a physiological, psychological, sociological and historical perspective. Prerequisites: BIO 301 and 302. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the historical and sociocultural causes of performance enhancing drug usage at all levels of sport and physical activity.
- Analyze current events related to performance enhancing drug use by athletes and subsequent organizational responses.
- Analyze and describe the role played by pharmaceutical companies and doctors in the use and production of performance enhancing drugs and how medically produced drugs made the transition from the treatment of patients to use in boosting athletic performance.
- Illustrate the challenges sport regulatory bodies face in controlling the use of performance enhancing drugs by elite athletes.
- Contrast and compare the different routes athletes pursue to further their athletic careers.
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