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Survey of the concepts, methods, and historical foundations of anthropological linguistics, with an emphasis on language, culture and cognition; language variation: dialects, nonstandard forms of language and code switching; speech acts and the ethnography of communication; interethnic communication; discourse strategies; and literacy. Prerequisite: 100-200 level anthropology course. 5 quarter hours
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Cross-cultural perspectives on the evolution of urban life, the nature of the city, and the ways in which anthropological concepts of cultural diversity and ethnicity, ecology, adaptation and change, and folklore are applied to modern society. Prerequisite: 100-200 level anthropology course. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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5.00 Credits
Comparative perspectives on the nature and meanings of gender in a range of human societies, including perceptions of biological differences and sexual inequality; economic, political, symbolic and aesthetic aspects of culture and gender. Prerequisite: 100-200 level anthropology course. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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An analysis of the evolution of the American economy with emphasis on structure and performance from 1492 to present. Analysis will include demographic, technical, social and economic changes. Selected themes, periods and economic systems will be explored including colonialism, slavery, civil war, unionism, the Great Depression, industrial revolution, corporate and global capitalism. Prerequisites: LAS250 or LAS255 or equivalent. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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Survey of the techniques and procedures cultural anthropologists use in gathering and presenting ethnographic data and their perceptions of the fieldwork experience. Prerequisite: 100-200 level anthropology course. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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Political theory is concerned with fundamental questions of public life such as, What is justice? Is there an ideal form of government? Can we conceive of, and constitute, the best political order? The answers to many of the most important political questions still remain essentially contested today. Major topics in this course include justice, freedom, equality, political ideology, liberalism, socialism, libertarianism, and conservatism. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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This course emphasizes the spatial structure of political behavior including the effects of the economic globalization process, the unexpected eruption of separatist movements among national minorities, the failure of attempts to transplant the European nation-state system to parts of the colonial world and the importance of geopolitics to the formation of new political orders. Territorial features of states such as frontiers, boundaries, secondary divisions, ethnic/national groupings, and the historical/social-economic factors that affect the form, organization and operation of the state and groupings of states will be examined. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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This course focuses on the distribution of power and the tensions that drive modern cities and public officials, while considering racial and ethnic divides, the relationships between COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 170 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES government (and public purposes) and private economic interests, and the various needs and goals of elected officials and public sector managers. Theoretical and policy issues as they related to urban government will be examined. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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This course focuses on theoretical controversies and their practical implications surrounding the fundamental questions of how American politics and governmental institutions function. Special emphasis is placed on proposals for institutional reform. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to American Politics course and two additional political science courses or consent of the department. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 2-5 quarter hours
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5.00 Credits
This course focuses on the various means by which states seek to achieve their national security. Special attention is focused on successful and unsuccessful national security strategies, and on the threats posed by terrorism, conditions that encourage terrorism, and different options available to states to counter these threats. Counts in the Social Sciences Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours
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