The African American Athlete

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Explain and apply key concepts from Black feminist theory, intersectionality, and related frameworks to analyze the experiences of African American athletes in contemporary sport.
• Analyze how race, gender, class, sexuality, and other intersecting identities shape the representation, opportunities, treatment, and experiences of Black athletes in sport.
• Critically evaluate media representations of Black women and men athletes by identifying racialized, gendered, and intersectional narratives, stereotypes, and controlling images.
• Compare and contrast the experiences of Black women and Black men athletes across sports, examining differences in areas such as labor, compensation, leadership, bodily autonomy, athletic performance, media coverage, and public expectations.
• Analyze the institutional and economic structures that influence the participation and professional experiences of Black athletes, including labor practices, pay equity, sponsorship, NIL, positional segregation, and investment in women's sports.
• Evaluate the ways Black athletes use their platforms to challenge social, political, and cultural inequalities and to advocate for institutional and community change.
• Construct evidence-based arguments about the historical and contemporary contributions of Black athletes and communicate those arguments effectively through written, oral, and/or digital forms of analysis.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Weekly Discussion Board	100%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
95%-100%	A
90%-94%	A-
87%-89%	B+
83%-86%	B
80%-82%	B-
77%-79%	C+
73%-76%	C
70%-72%	C-
67%-69%	D+
63%-66%	D
60%-62%	D-
below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance and participation are required.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.