SPORT AND EXERCISE HUMANITIES
M.A. Degree Program & Ph.D. Degree Program
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The SEH
program is an interdisciplinary area of study that examines the cultural
contexts of sport and exercise. More particularly, it explores the connections
of sport and exercise to larger society, its historical settings and meanings,
its ethical underpinnings, and its racial, gender, and social class composition.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
The SEH graduate programs
offer three interconnected areas of study: the history of sport and exercise,
the philosophy of sport and exercise, and the sociocultural study of sport and
exercise.
- HISTORY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE-explores
the changing nature and meanings of sport from ancient times to the present.
- PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE-examines
theories of reality, knowledge, and value and their implications for sport. It
is especially concerned with an ethical analysis of contemporary sports.
-
SOCIOCULTURAL STUDY OF SPORT AND
EXERCISE-analyzes the social
underpinnings of sport and its intersection with issues of race, gender, and
class.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
The graduate program in
SEH is designed primarily to prepare individuals for faculty positions in higher
education. To meet the demands of the current job market, our program seeks to
familiarize students with the scholarship, themes and issues in each of three
main SEH areas of study—although there will be a greater emphasis at the
doctoral level research area than at the Master’s level in specializing in one
research area of study. Another difference between the master’s and doctoral
program is the extent to which in the former program greater latitude is built
in to allow students to acquire a knowledge base that will useful in sport
related professional pursuits (i.e. sport law, sport journalism, sport coaching)
or other academic options outside the SEH area. Despite some minor differences
in orientation, the SEH course of study sees a natural flow between its master’s
and doctoral programs. It will strongly urge a master’s student who want to
pursue doctoral work, whether in our program or elsewhere, to write a master’s
thesis.
TIME OF STUDY
The
curriculum is designed to have master’s students complete their degree in two
years. The length of time for a doctoral degree will vary with the nature of
dissertation research, but generally takes four years to complete.
FACULTY AREAS OF SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Melvin L. Adelman (adelman.1@osu.edu) has taught sport
studies courses at The Ohio State University since 1984. The author of A
Sporting Time: New York City and the Rise
of Modern Athletics, 1820-70 (1986), he
is currently working on a history of the All-American Football Conference and
professional football in post World War II America. Dr. Adelman has published
articles in the Journal of Sport History, the Journal of Social History,
Canadian History of Sport and is current editor of the Journal of Sport History.
Dr.
Adelman teaches a wide array of graduate classes and seminars on the history of
sport. His doctoral students have and are currently teaching at a variety of
institutions including, the University of Iowa; University of Georgia;
California State University-Sacramento; State University of New York at
Cortland; University of Houston; and Clark-Atlanta University.
Dr.
Sarah K. Fields (fields.214@osu.edu) earned her B.A. in
Psychology for Yale University, her J.D. from Washington University in St.
Louis, her M.A. in American Studies from Washington State University, and her
Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa. Her interdisciplinary
research examines how sport reflects and perpetuates American Society’s values
and beliefs. She is interested in the intersections of different aspects of U.S.
culture with sport, such as gender, race, and law. Her work also considers how
representations of sport in popular culture promote and defy traditional
stereotypes. Her teaching reflects these interests: she has taught courses on
race, gender, and sport in America; sports films; sports law; and will be
teaching the history of women in sport as well as a Title IX seminar.
Her
book Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America examines how school age girls used the law to gain
access to contact sports and the social backlash that makes girls in contact
sport still a relative rarity. She has also published articles in Journal of
Sport History; Journal of Sport Literature; World Leisure Journal; Culture,
Sport and Society; and Washington University
Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. She also has a book on Title IX in the forthcoming Race and Sport in America (ed. Michael Lomax). Some of her current research projects include examining
injuries in women’s rugby and their effects on participation, the role of
religion in sport in the Deep South, sport among girls in the Indian boarding
schools, and the balance between the rights of privacy and the First Amendment
for celebrity athletes.
PROGRAM BLOG:
http://osusportandexercisehumanities.blogspot.com/
STUDENT BLOG:
http://bruffyruns.blogspot.com/
REQUIRED COURSES
13-19 hrs
Students are required to take one course in
each of the three SEH areas of study listed below (history of sport and
exercise, philosophy of sport and exercise, sociocultural study of sport and
exercise). In addition, students are required to take one 925 seminar, which
deals with some important issue in the humanities of sport and exercise.
1) SEH AREAS OF STUDY
COURSES
9-15 hrs
· HISTORY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE (EDU PAES 622, 711 ,839, 925)
· PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT AND
EXERCISE (EDU PAES 600.02, 626.01, 730, 925)
· SOCIOCULTURAL STUDY OF SPORT
AND EXERCISE (EDU PAES 610, 626.02, 855, 925)
2) ANNUAL SEMIAR
925
4 hrs
Topics may include the historical study of
sports in certain major periods (e.g. the nineteenth century); major sports
movements (e.g. the relocation of sport franchises); issues of race, gender,
sexual identity, and social class as they apply to sports (e.g. the affect of
Title IX on women of color, working class sports, gender-bending and the role of
stereotypes in sports); ethical issues in sports (doping, violence, sexual
equality, fair play).
SPORT AND EXERCISE HUMANITIES ELECTIVES
9-10 hrs
EDU PAES
600.02 (2) SPORT AND SOCIAL VALUES
EDU PAES
610 (4) WOMEN’S SPORT HISTORY
EDU PAES
622 (3) HISTORY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT FROM
ANCIENT TIMES TO 19TH CNETURY EURPOE
EDU PAES
626.01 (3) SPORT AND POPULAR CULTURE-OVERVIEW
EDU PAES
626.02 (3) SPORT AND POPULAR CULTURE- RACE AND GENDER
EDU PAES
626.03 (3) SPORT AND POPULAR CULTURE- BASEBALL
EDU PAES
658 (3) SPORT IN WESTERN CULTURE
EDU PAES
694 (3) GROUP STUDIES
EDU PAES 852 (3) SPORT ETHICS
EDU PAES
6XX (3) CULTURAL THEORY OF SPORT- to be created
EDU PAES
711 (5) AMERICAN SPORT HISTORY
EDU PAES
730 (5) PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SPORT & LEISURE
EDU PAES
839 (3) PROFESSIONAL SPORT IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
EDU PAES
855 (5) THE ROLE OF SPORT IN SOCIETY
EDU PAES
893 (4) ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL STUDIES
EDU PAES
925 (3) SEMINAR
RESEARCH METHODS
9hrs
Students will select appropriate research
methods class in consultation with faculty advisor.
GENERAL ELECTIVES
7-14 hrs
Electives are chosen in consultation with the
faculty advisor and may be taken from within SEH, Sport and Exercise program
areas or anywhere else within the College of Education or the University.
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS
Minimum 45 (Thesis Plan)
or
Minimum 50 (Non-Thesis Plan)
A. REQUIRED
COURSES
23 HOURS
EDU PAES 711 AMERCAIN SPORT HISTORY
5 hrs
EDU PAES 730 PHILOSOPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON 5
hrs
SPORT AND LEISURE
EDU PAES 855 THE ROLE OF SPORT IN SOCIETY
5 hrs
EDU PAES 925 SEMINAR
1
4 hrs
EDU PAES 925 SEMINAR
2
4 hrs
B. SEH
AREAS OF STUDY
21 HOURS
Select
21 credit hours from two SEH areas of study.
FIRST AREA OF STUDY
15 hrs
SECOND AREA OF STUDY
6 hrs
C. RESEARCH
METHODS
15 HOURS
Students will
select research method courses appropriate to their area of study and doctoral
dissertation in consultation with their faculty advisor and doctoral committee.
Depending on their particular specialization, students will fulfill this
requirement by taking research oriented courses in philosophy, sociology,
history, women’s studies, comparative studies, and qualitative inquiry (e.g. the
EdP&L sequence in qualitative research, EdP&L 800, 966, 967)
D.
ELECTIVES
13 HOURS
In
consultation with their advisory committee, students will select 13 credit hours
of coursework in subjects with will enhance and support their research goal and
career aspirations.
E.
DISSERTATION
18 HOURS
TOTAL
CREDIT HOURS:
Minimum of 90
(plus 45 hours for the Master’s degree)
TIME OF
STUDY:
The
curriculum is designed to have master’s students complete their degree in two
years. The length of time for a doctoral degree will vary with the nature of
dissertation research, but generally takes four years to complete.
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