|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Human biological diversity surrounds us: We vary in size, shape and color; in the ways that our bodies respond to heat, cold, food, and workload; and in our fundamental genetic makeup. Biological Anthropology introduces the student to these problems of biological diversity in living and prehistoric populations. Basic evolutionary principles are applied to explain the origins, mechanisms and trends of this human diversity. Topics include the human and primate fossil record, the interplay of biology and culture, adaptation to environmental stress, the evolutionary significance of infectious disease, including AIDS, smallpox, cholera, and malaria; basic Mendelian and population, genetics, primate behavior, human growth, and the evolutionary meaning of complex behaviors. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Natural Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
-
3.00 Credits
Introductory-level investigation of a special topic in biological anthropology. May be repeated for credit. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Natural Sciences
-
3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Archaeology 30). Survey of human culture from the earliest paleolithic hunters and gatherers to the formation of states and the beginnings of recorded history. Course provides an introduction to archaeological methods, a worldwide overview of prehistoric ways of life, and a more detailed analysis of cultural development in the New World. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement
-
3.00 Credits
Supervised internship in wide range of community organizations, health organizations, museums, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Twelve to fifteen hours work per week. Written assignments, with supporting readings, to place internship in critical analytical frame. Prerequisites Anthropology majors only. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
-
3.00 Credits
Introductory discussion-based sophomore seminar exploring lives of children and youth in armed conflicts in Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and the Americas. Analytical frame of anthrapology of children, youth, and global processes. Topics include young refugees, seperated children, child and youth combatants, gender contrasts between boys and girls in war zones, challenges of demobilizing and reintegrating young soldiers, media images, international interventions. Classes consist of discussions, oral presentations, films. Prerequisites Sophomores only. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences
-
3.00 Credits
Survey of the social and cultural histories of the various Latino communities currently residing in the United States. Topics include a variety of important issues affecting U.S. Latinos, such as immigration, bilingual education, citizenship and political participation, race, class, gender, ethnicity, and representations in the media. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the following culture options: Hispanic Culture - * Diasporic
-
3.00 Credits
Creative reshaping of African cultural ideas and practices in new historical circumstances. How people address conditions of unequal power such as colonialism, labor migration, and globalization through the dynamic production of religion, ritual, music, art, drama, and other cultural forms. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: African and African-American Culture
-
3.00 Credits
Cultures, religious practices, social institutions, and political economies of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African societies. Specific contributions of Middle Eastern ethnography to the understanding of self and society; kinship and politics; tribalism and development of urban life; sexuality and gender roles; religion and worldview. Anthropological contributions to understanding contemporary social change and relationships with the West. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: Judaic Culture Middle Eastern Culture
-
3.00 Credits
Study of central problems in metaethics and moral psychology. Perspectives on the nature of values; how we come to know them, and how they might motivate us; whether there are moral truths and what relation they bear to the natural world; the nature of practical reasoning and its connection with notions of agency and responsibility. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: South and Southeast Asian Culture
-
3.00 Credits
Position of women within Asian social systems, as shaped by social structure, economics, and ideology. Examines traditional systems of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia and the impact of widespread literacy and formal education, market penetration, multinational labor recruitment, and nonindigenous ideologies (Christianity, Islam, socialism) on women's lives in contemporary Asia. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: East Asian Culture and Diasporas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|