Oct 07, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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COED 6170 - Ethics and Diversity in Athletic Coaching


This course examines ethical and diversity issues pertaining to athletic coaches. The primary focus is on the students’ development of critically reflective reasoning skills which guide ethically sound decision-making when conducting diverse coaching activities.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to identify current ethical and diversity issues in sport that present ethical and moral dilemmas for athletic coaches.
  • Students will be able to compare how actions that are morally permissible in sports may be morally impermissible outside of sports and vice versa.
  • Students will be able to debate a range of ethical and moral dilemmas confronting athletic coaches using various types of ethical analysis.
  • Students will be able to provide critically reflective solutions to ethical and diversity issues in athletic coaching through the application of critical reasoning skills and ethical, psychological, and social theory.
  • Students will be able to justify potential changes to their current coaching behaviors based on ethics and diversity topics.



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