SM-7106 - Legal Aspects of Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

In this course, students will study Title IX’s structure and requirements applied to intramural, recreation, interscholastic, and intercollegiate athletic programs. The philosophical, historical, and conceptual account of this law will be explored and its effects upon these programs. Students will examine the historical account of the social, legislative, and judicial environments involving the growth of Title IX to
maturity in the last three decades. Students will also explore how current trends in campus demographics have affected sports programs throughout the nation. Students will be able to use their personal experiences when researching the legal aspects concerning equity in interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics as they are known today.