Students majoring in Health and Sport Studies choose one of two emphasis areas: Health Promotion or Sport Studies.  Sports Studies is for students who want to examine sport within its historical and contemporary cultural contexts.  Coursework in the history, sociology, and psychology of sport and physical activity provides students with the critical skills necessary to understand sport as a significant aspect of cultural life.  Sport's interactions with educational institutions, the media, the economy, and the political system are all critically examined.  Race, class, and gender differences in the sport experience are explored.  Health promotion is a developing discipline committed to improving the health and quality of life of individuals and communities.  Health promotion practitioners assess, plan, implement, and evaluate programs that increase health-enhancing behaviors, decrease health risk behaviors, and create environments supportive of healthy lifestyles. Graduates go on to careers in teaching, research, coaching, health promotion, and athletic administration.