AUIDS 302 - Exploring Body Issues

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course introduces students to some of the contemporary discussions and debates regarding the body as a social phenomenon taking place within feminism and related fields. Students will learn how to critically unpack the power that operates through bodily reactions to self, others, and society through various threads of feminist theories.

AUIDS 401 - Advanced Integration Project

3 units (fi 6)(VAR, VARIABLE)

A project-based course which allows students to work in small interdisciplinary teams to propose a solution to a real-world issue with the support of a faculty advisor. Prerequisite: AUIDS 301.

AUPED 160 - Sociocultural Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to the sociocultural dimensions of sport and physical activity. The course examines a variety of social institutions, processes, issues, and their relationship to sport and physical education in Canada and the United States. Topics include the emergence of modern sport, sport and culture, socialization, class and gender relations, race and ethnicity, government and politics, commercialization, the mass media, schools and universities, drugs and violence.