FRS 002M - Sec. 001 - (2 units) - CRN 92983 - T 2:10 – 4:00 pm - 203 Wellman
Women’s Sports and the Media

Instructor: Carissa Adams, Department of Physical Education, Division of Biological Sciences

Description: Seminar topics will address the representation of women's athletics in current day media. Different types of media will be explored with the emphasis being on each ones depiction of women's sports. Discussions of the role of media in society and how it may impact a young woman will be examined. Information will be presented through informal lectures, readings, films, and discussions. Students should leave the lecture having a better understanding of the impact of media on society and how its representation of women's sports affects young women.

Format: The seminar will meet for two hours each week. The seminar will include lecture, discussion, presentation, and writing assignments. A required reader composed of various articles on the seminar subject will be compiled and available for purchase at Navines. No text will be required for the course. Students will be required to prepare and present a 5-10 page short paper on a topic of interest to the student within the range of topics discussed in the seminar. In addition the professor will distribute evey week a series of questions that students will be required to answer in order to facilitate the comprehension and class discussion of the reading assignments. Students will also be invited to give an oral presentation related to the reading assignments. Grading: Students will be assigned a letter grade based on the quality of the paper (35%),the quality of the assigned weekly writing questions (15%), the quality of the oral presentation (35%), and participation in class discussions based on the assigned readings (15%).

About the Instructor: Carissa Adams, Ph.D. is a member of the faculty in the department of Physical Education and is also the assistant women's rowing coach. She is currently completing her second year at UC Davis. During her stay at UC Davis, Dr. Adams has participated in the NCAA National Championship rowing regatta. She teaches several Physical Education classes and has been a guest lecturer in a Physical Education lecture course. Dr. Adams' Ph.D. in Biology was attained at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to arriving at UC Davis she taught biology lecture and laboratory courses and coached rowing at various universi