ENGCMP 0435 - THE PUBLIC ATHLETE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description Sport is a ripe avenue for public meaning-making, as athletes have used their platforms to bring awareness to various societal issues throughout history. In US contexts, athletes, like Serena Williams, Muhammad Ali, Simone Biles, Lebron James, Megan Rapinoe, Colin Kaepernick, John Carlos, and Tommie Smith (among many others), have taken public stands against various injustices. The ways in which sports data and narratives-in journalism, on social media, in film, or local communities, for example-are crafted also make meaning for a variety of genres and purposes. Thinking deeply about this subject offers participants ways to construct and deconstruct sport-writing to understand how these messages are made. In this course, we will engage with public writing about sports--both by and about athletes. Participants will not only study histories of sports-writing but will also consider how today's technologies can shape representations of the public athlete. We will read and write in a variety of rhetorical, journalistic, informational, creative, and research-based genres, while thinking carefully about the role of sports and athletes in shaping notions of racial, gender, and class-based identities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006) or (ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0715 or 0718)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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