SOCY 3358 Gender and Sports
This course uses sport to understand gender relations in a society. The course examines the ways that gender and intersections of race, class, and sexuality are produced by and within relations of power, and how normative definitions of gender and its intersections underpin normative practices in sport, health, and physical cultural contexts. Drawing on feminist scholarship, this course provides a critical insight into the history of gender relations, and how gender is used to reproduce and resist inequalities in sport, health, and physical culture.
Course overview
- Department
- Sociology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Applied Psychology and Human Development: Major electives — any Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOCY) course (no more than two electives from outside LSEHD) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Sociology electives (18 credits, generally six courses) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Upper-level Sociology electives (at least 9 of the 18 elective credits must be SOCY3000 or higher) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.28 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.52 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 6
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Kyoung-yim Kim | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 15 of 20 |
| Fall 2024 | Kyoung-yim Kim | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | — | 16 of 19 |
| Spring 2024 | Kyoung-yim Kim | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 19 |
| Fall 2023 | Kyoung-yim Kim | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 of 20 |
| Fall 2022 | Kyoung-yim Kim | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 11 of 17 |
| Fall 2021 | Kyoung-yim Kim | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | — | 13 of 19 |