HUMN 191 - Baseball in American Culture

Institution:

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

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Description:

This course is an investigation of the cultural history of the game called baseball: how it grew from a simple children's stick-and-ball pastime into a multi-billion- dollar sporting industry; how baseball became an icon of American male identity as reflected in literature, drama, music, and fine art; baseball's origins, both real and mythological; baseball's cultural intersections with race relations, gender identity, mass communications, economics, transportation, and technology; baseball's contributions to youth culture; and baseball's local history in Otsego County. Prerequisite: None (3: 3, 0) 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate, Undergraduate-Bachelor Program Schedule Types: Lecture Liberal Arts and Sciences College Humanities & Social Sciences Division Humanities Department Course Attributes: Humanities, Lib Arts/Sci Elec-LASC

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.delhi.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 746-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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