[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 14, 2025  
[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HTY 323 - American History through Sports

3 credits
This course explores the history of sport in the United States. Students will consider how sports and athletes have contributed to various changes in American society and culture, and to what extent sport provides a prism for understanding America's past. It tries to provide broad coverage of the history of American sport, but an emphasis will be placed on boxing, baseball, football, and basketball. The course will be attentive to historic individual and team achievements, but students should note that this class is foremost designed to explore various themes in American sport history. Two themes in particular - race and globalization - will feature prominently in the readings, class discussions, and writing assignments.