KIN 305 - Critical Issues of the Body

Units: 4
Historical and cultural assumptions about what constitutes a fit body, for whom and for what purposes. Implications of different positions about the relationship and values of physical activity and “fit” bodies.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Articulate how socio-cultural ideas about/toward bodies changed or remained the same across historical time periods.
Analyze how social identities (based on race, ethnicity, gender, “fitness”) inform cultural ideas about bodies.
Identify examples when individuals or groups have resisted or challenged dominant historical and cultural ideas about their bodies.
Critically examine implications of health ideologies and practices as these pertain to cultural constructions of the physically active body.