COCO 40 The American University Athlete in the 21st Century

Sports permeates virtually every aspect of life in the United States, including Dartmouth, where approximately 80% of undergraduates are involved in college-sponsored athletics at the varsity or club sports level. Yet the very nature of athletics, with its emphasis on intense physical effort aimed at achieving a specific goal, does not encourage reflection on larger questions about the long-term impact of sports on individuals and communities. The overarching goal of this course is to equip students with information, concepts, and theories that will help them comprehend how playing sports affects university athletes. The course material will be divided into four modules, each taught by a different instructor: Physiology (Doug van Citters), Cognition (Sian Beilock), Identity (Paul Christesen), and Economics (Michael Harrity).

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