--- description: Cristiano Ronaldo is a big deal. The Portuguese Real Madrid forward just won the FIFA Player of the Year award for the second straight year... title: A University in Canada Is Offering a Sociology Course on Cristiano Ronaldo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2da47f9a2089b4f6/69877deb8e06014bbd45a295/461446172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A University in Canada Is Offering a Sociology Course on Cristiano Ronaldo by [Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 6:03 AM CUT  Cristiano Ronaldo looks on during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on Jan. 12, 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo looks on during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on Jan. 12, 2015Alexander Hassenstein—FIFA/Getty Images by [Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 6:03 AM CUT Cristiano Ronaldo is a big deal. The Portuguese Real Madrid forward just won the [FIFA Player of the Year award](http://si.com/planet-futbol/2015/01/12/cristiano-ronaldo-ballon-dor "undefined") for the second straight year and the third time overall. People around the world are enthralled by his combination of soccer skill and good looks, so a college professor has decided to dedicate a course to studying Ronaldo-mania. Luis Aguiar at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan is offering a sociology course all about Ronaldo. Aguiar says the idea for the class came after he watched a World Cup qualifier where the broadcasters kept talking about what Ronaldo leading Portugal to the World Cup would mean for the country. At least they’ll never [run out of material](http://si.com/planet-futbol/2015/01/20/cristiano-ronaldo-irina-shayk-break "undefined"). \[[_via FOX Sports_](http://blog.foxsoccer.com/post/109993037172/canadian-university-offers-sociology-class-on "undefined")\] [_This article originally appeared on SI.com_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/02/04/cristiano-ronaldo-college-course-sociology "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3698494/a-university-in-canada-is-offering-a-sociology-course-on-cristiano-ronaldo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3698494/a-university-in-canada-is-offering-a-sociology-course-on-cristiano-ronaldo/"},"headline":"A University in Canada Is Offering a Sociology Course on Cristiano Ronaldo","datePublished":"2015-02-06T06:03:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:12:17.157Z","description":"Cristiano Ronaldo is a big deal. The Portuguese Real Madrid forward just won the FIFA Player of the Year award for the second straight year...","url":"https://time.com/3698494/a-university-in-canada-is-offering-a-sociology-course-on-cristiano-ronaldo/","keywords":["Soccer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2da47f9a2089b4f6/69877deb8e06014bbd45a295/461446172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Gartland / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2da47f9a2089b4f6/69877deb8e06014bbd45a295/461446172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2014","caption":"FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2014","creditText":"Alexander Hassenstein—FIFA/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3698494/a-university-in-canada-is-offering-a-sociology-course-on-cristiano-ronaldo/","name":"A University in Canada Is Offering a Sociology Course on Cristiano Ronaldo"}}]}] ```