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4.00 Credits
An examination of the forms and analysis of folklore. The focus will be on the way in which folklore forms the core of social identity; encourages creative interpretation; and allows the individual to perform her identity in social context.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the anthropological study of language in human social life. In addition to examining the definition and origins of human language, students will learn phonetics and the social functions of language in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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1.00 Credits
Mythological Patterns and Themes, Greek and Latin Component Reading myths in Greek or Latin texts. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
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4.00 Credits
A sample of ethnographies offering detailed anthropological studies of a range of geographic regions and cultural themes. The course probes other cultures' ways of knowing and how they deal with religion, ecology, economics, kinship, gender, health, language, and globalization.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines anthropological perspectives and practices for understanding public health and medicine. It considers a variety of health issues, discourses, knowledge, and practices among different societies and social strata within various societies. It likewise explores globalization146s effects on health.
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4.00 Credits
Advanced course on anthropological understandings of culture and humanity. Students read ethnographies and theoretical works to examine different ways of understanding behavior.
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4.00 Credits
Cross-cultural concepts of women's bodies and health, including reproduction and child care, health practitioners and disease. Focus on gender, ethnic and class differences in health, health concepts and health practices around the world and locally, as well as research methods (kinship, interviews) relating to health.
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4.00 Credits
This course offers an examination and appreciation of African cultures in the present context, and in historical perspective. Course topics include kinship, gender, politics, religion, economics, and colonialism. Students read several ethnographies for an in-depth understanding of specific cultures.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to social research, including developing research questions, reviewing literature, carrying out field research and data analysis. Involves teamwork. Basic skills include kinship, ethnography, interviews and surveys. Topic varies by semester.
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4.00 Credits
Topics vary by semester, according to the profes- sor teaching the course. Each student will design and carry out a research project. Required for majors. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Anthropology 101
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