HIST3412

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HIST 3412 - Soccer: Around the World with the Beautiful Game (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Historical Perspectives

History Department (10968) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

Course description

How did a kicking game played in a few English schools in the mid-nineteenth century go on to become the most popular organized pastime the world has ever known? In this class, we chart soccer's unlikely rise to global prominence and explore what it can tell us about people, games, and ethics all around the world today.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Historical Perspectives, Civic Life and Ethics

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Spring Odd Year