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Prerequisites: ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or SOC 101 or permission of the instructor Offers critical, cross-cultural and comparative perspectives on religion, magic and witchcraft and how people in different cultures conceive of the supernatural. Surveys how scholars have defined religion, symbol and myth and why some practices and beliefs come to be defined as “religions” while others are characterized as “myth,” “sorcery,” or “witchcraft.” Cross-listed as REL 327, SOC 327
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Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing Overview of the contemporary Middle East (which includes nations in Southwest Asia from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Egypt). The study of Kinship, marriage, social organization, ethnic group relations, and politics are all fundamental to the analysis of Middle Eastern peoples and societies, and central to the course. Emphasis is placed on understanding the diverse socio-cultural and political sensibilities found in the region. Crosslisted as SOC 329.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or one AAS course A study of the concepts of “race” and “ethnic group,” and the role these concepts play in social interaction and social differentiation. Cross-listed as SOC 331, AAS 331
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing Explores the history and culture of Portuguese who have emigrated to the Americas. Compares the case of Portuguese-Americans with other settlements in the wider Portuguese diaspora and with the histories of other immigrant groups in the U.S. Cross-listed as SOC 332; also offered as SOC/ANT 532 for graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing A look at ancient and modern food production and its environmental impact. Diet and nutrition; population pressure and hunger; the politics of food; and, modern food processing and its implications are all subjects of study. Cross-listed as SOC 334
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113A comparative analysis of interracial and interethnic relations in various areas of the world including the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and Europe. An examination of the causes of interethnic conflict, assimilation, ethnic solidarity, and changes in ethnic identity. Cross-listed as AAS 337, SOC 337
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 Explores vital events in human life such as when and who we marry and sometimes divorce, how we pace and stop childbearing, and why and when we die. Fundamental questions include how the adoption of agriculture, changing patterns of disease, industrialization, urbanization, and international migration have shaped the human lifespan, fertility and health. The course will also examine the impact of consumption on environmental degradation and different paths to sustainability. Cross-listed as SOC 338
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing Explores how shared understandings of the past are created and continually shaped by the politics of the present. Students investigate how collective memories are fashioned in various sites such as movies, memorials, museums, schools, family stories and how they continually shape what we do, think, and feel. A key question is why some aspects of a nation’s past are celebrated and widely known, while others are ignored or actively repressed.. Case studies include controversial events in the national histories of different countries around the world. Cross-listed as SOC 344
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing Focuses on the Afro-Atlantic cultural exchanges that developed as a result of Portuguese colonialism in West Africa, Cape Verde and Brazil. Engages central questions in the anthropology of colonialism and Lusophone area studies such as: How did Portuguese colonialism transform African cultures and societies? How was race constructed throughout the colonial experience? How has the colonial legacy and Christianity shaped notions of sexuality, gender and stratification across the Portuguese Afro-Atlantic? How do we compare past and present conceptions of the Lusophone world in light of contemporary politics of migration and identity? Cross-listed as AAS 347, SOC 347; Offered as SOC/ANT 547 for graduate students
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing Social and cultural overview of Catholic America, and characteristics that distinguish Catholicism in belief and practice. Course examines social controversies surrounding the Catholic Church and its teachings. Cross-listed as SOC 348
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