FRSEMR 49y - Amateur Athletics

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

The study of sports as a lens through which to explore social and ethical paradoxes of American life. Does the amateur ideal make sense today? The history of athletics in ancient Greece, Victorian England, and America. College, Olympic, and professional athletics. Athletic competition as a social, spiritual, educational, and commercial institution. The relation of recent trends, including the democratization and internationalization of higher education, to the amateur ideal.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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