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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and completion of ANTH 110 with a grade of "C" or better.Development of evolutionary thought and its impact on Anthropology; origins of physical anthropology; Mendelian genetics, transmutationalism, populational genetics, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, non-Darwinian evolution, and modern synthesis; scientific method, the application of evolutionary theory to human origins, primate biology, behavioral biology. Current theoretical perspectives. Letter grade only (A-F).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and completion of any course in Anthropology with a grade of "C" or better. Overview of the application of evolutionary theory to human behavior and culture. Fundamentals of Darwinian evolution, cultural transmission, behavioral ecology, and complex social systems. Applications in ethnology, archeology, biological anthropology and historical linguistics with relevance to issues facing modern societies. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in different semesters. Letter grade only (A-F).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing. Culture and its influence on the communication process; practical application to intercultural and multicultural situations; cultural patterns in America and abroad and their effect on verbal and nonverbal communicative behavior; cultural dimensions of ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices and their effect on communication; multicultural approaches to human interaction.
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3.00 Credits
Relation of language to social and cultural practices and processes; issues of meaning, identity and power within and across cultures. Same course as *LING 413.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and upper-division/graduate standing or consent of instructor. An anthropological examination of religious behavior and beliefs, which will focus on these phenomena in their sociocultural and adaptive contexts. Using the cross-cultural and cultural evolutionary approach, hunter-gatherer religions through civilized ones will be covered. Letter grade only (A-F).
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3.00 Credits
Compares and contrasts the economies characteristic of hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, and peasants; investigates the changing relations of tribal and peasant peoples to the developing global economy; and looks at production and marketing strategies within local, regional, and urban settings.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative analysis of development and role of urban centers in ancient and modern cultures; interrelationships of urban and rural populations; patterns of similarity and difference in urbanism of contrasting cultures; implications for a multi-national world.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 and standing or graduate standing or consent of instructor. Brief orientation to applied anthropology, its history and ethics; policy and applied anthropology domains (needs assessment, program evaluation, social impact assessment, environmental, advocacy); applied research methods; student proposals for internship research.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Graduate and advanced undergraduate students only. Examination of how cultural anthropologists have dealt, theoretically, with the concept of identity; concentrates more on theories than geographic regions, emphasis on recent theoretical developments such as post-modern and post-colonial approaches to the study of contemporary subjectivities. Letter grade only (A-F).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 120 and upper-division/graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examines from an anthropological perspective how culture shapes the social construction of power and the practice of politics from an anthropological perspective.
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